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50 Pesos Simon Bolivar, Piedfort
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1/2 OZ 50 PESOS AU 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1/2 ounce 50 Pesos Gold 0.999) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's piedfort gold program of the late 1980s and early 1990s was driven largely by the Castro government's need for hard currency as Soviet subsidies began collapsing — these pieces were never intended for domestic circulation and were sold directly into the international collector market. The piedfort format, struck at double the standard planchet thickness, was a deliberate premium strategy borrowed from European mints to justify higher margins per gram of gold.
The KM unlisted status and single JMA reference suggest extremely limited documentation; surviving population data from major grading services remains negligible.