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Souvenir Peso Type I, Date widely spaced
Issuer | Cuba |
Year | 1897 |
Type | Non-circulating coin |
Value | 1 Peso |
Currency | Pre-Republic (1870-1898) |
Composition | Silver (.900) |
Weight | 22.5 g |
Dimensions | 36 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Engraver(s) | Philip Martiny |
In circulation to | 18 July 1897 |
Reference(s) | X#M1, Y#1 |
Obverse description | Cuban coat of arms, name of the country above, fineness on sides. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA
* 900 * * * * * FINO * (Translation: Republic of Cuba 0.900 Fineness (silver)) |
Reverse description | Female head right divides date, representing the Republic motto on circular legend above, `SOUVENIR` on excergue |
Reverse script | Latin |
Reverse lettering | * PATRIA Y LIBERTAD *
18 97
PAT. 97.
SOUVENIR (Translation: Fatherland and freedom 1897 Patent 97 Souvenir) |
Edge | Reeded |
Mint | |
Mintage | 1897 - - 858
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Catalog ID | 5077141940 |
Comments | |