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Souvenir Peso Type III, Date closely spaced
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1897 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA * 900 * * * * * FINO * (Translation: Republic of Cuba 0.900 fineness (silver)) |
| Reverse description | A classical allegorical female bust representing the Republic faces right, her hair elaborately coiffed and adorned, occupying the central field. The date 18 97 is divided by the bust, with 18 to the left and 97 to the right in closely spaced numerals characteristic of Type III. The circular legend * PATRIA Y LIBERTAD * arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the word SOUVENIR appears in the exergue below the bust. |
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The Souvenir Pesos of 1897 were struck not by any Cuban authority but by Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, as fundraising pieces for the Cuban independence movement then fighting Spain. Type III is distinguished by the closely spaced date numerals — a die characteristic that separates it from the wide-date variety and confirms a distinct die marriage, not a simple re-use.
Gorham produced these in small quantities for Cuban exile committees operating largely out of New York and Florida. The closely spaced date is the scarcer of the two configurations.