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Souvenir Peso Replica
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ＊ REPUBLICA DE CUBA ＊ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | A right-facing draped female bust, representing the Cuban Republic and modeled on the portrait of Leonor Molina, is centrally positioned in the field. The patriotic motto PATRIA Y LIBERTAD arcs along the upper legend within a beaded border. The engraver's initials or identifier PAZ appear on the truncation of the bust, accompanied by the date 97. The word SOUVENIR is inscribed in the lower field, clearly identifying this piece as a commemorative replica rather than a circulation issue. |
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Cuba issued these copper-plated steel replicas in the late 1990s primarily for the tourist trade, a period when the government was aggressively developing dollar-denominated tourism as a lifeline following the collapse of Soviet subsidies after 1991. They were never intended as currency and carry no legal tender status.