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50 Pesos King Philip of Castile and Lower Countries
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the escutcheon with a golden key between two rocks and a setting sun over the sea, surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a staff between an oak and a laurel branch. The curved legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs across the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 PESOS is inscribed below the arms. The weight designation 5 OZ and fineness AG 0.999 appear in the lateral fields. A rope motif runs along the inner border of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 5 OZ 50 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 5 ounces 50 Pesos silver 0.999) |
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This piece belongs to Cuba's Ibero-American series, a joint numismatic program launched in 1991 among Spanish-speaking nations of the Americas to mark the quincentenary of Columbus's 1492 voyage. Philip II, the honoree here, was the Spanish monarch who consolidated Habsburg control over a vast colonial apparatus — and whose 1561 decision to make Madrid the permanent capital of the empire effectively centralized the administrative machinery that governed Cuba for centuries.
The series was struck in limited quantities coordinated across multiple mints. Cuba's contribution was produced at the Casa de Moneda de Madrid.