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50 Pesos Lighthouse of Alexandria
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the shield with a key, a rising sun, and a royal palm, supported by an oak branch and laurel wreath. The country name REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs as a legend along the upper periphery. The face value 50 PESOS is inscribed below the arms, while the weight designation 5 OZ and the fineness AG 0.999 appear on either side of the central device. The design shares its typology with KM#595, distinguished by the amended face value and weight specifications. |
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| Reverse lettering | * MARAVILLAS DEL MUNDO ANTIGUO * 1997 * FARO DE ALEJANDRIA * (Translation: Wonders of the antique world 1997 Lighthouse of Alexandria) |
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Cuba's "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" silver series, issued through the 1990s, was produced almost entirely for the export collector market — hard currency the Castro government badly needed during the Special Period, the economic crisis that followed the Soviet collapse in 1991. Domestic Cubans were legally prohibited from holding foreign-convertible currency until 1993, and coins like this never circulated on the island in any meaningful sense.
The JMA reference prefix points to José Martí Numismatic House, Havana's state export agency for collectibles. KM assignment was never completed for much of this series.