5 Centavos Patria y Libertad

Features

Issuer	Cuba
Period	Second Republic (1959-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1963-2015
Value	5 Centavos 0.05 CUP = USD 0.0019
Currency	Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition	Aluminium (aluminium 97.15%, magnesium 2.5%, manganese 0.35%)
Weight	1.5 g
Diameter	21.21 mm
Thickness	1.81 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 2855
References	KM# 34, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. JMA# 41-46, José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Valencia, Spain. Y# 28, Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14^th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States. And 1 more volumes. Schön# 32 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms, country name as curved legend on top, face value in letters as curved legend on bottom, line of denticles close to rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
• CINCO CENTAVOS •

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
Five Centavos

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Face value in Roman numeral in circle over a five-pointed star, motto "Fatherland and Freedom" as curved legend on top, date at the bottom, denticles along the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PATRIA Y LIBERTAD
V
• 1971 •

Translation:
Fatherland and Liberty
V
1971

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Edge

Smooth

Mints

	Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba
	Kremnica / Körmöcbánya / Kremnitz, Slovakia (1328-date)
	Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)

Comments

NOTE: Kremnica and Leningrad Mint can be distinguished by some details:
On coins from Kremnica Mint, the left point of the star points between A and T of PATRIA
On coins from Leningrad Mint, the left point of the star points on the right leg of the A

Some minor variations in lettering and design between 1971/1972 and 2001-date coin:

1972 coins started circulating on the 90's; that is the reason why no coins were minted between 1972-2001.

2002 variants: High date on left, low date on right, distance from date to edge is different
(source: pictures by adanieluy).

On 2016 legend was changed from "PATRIA Y LIBERTAD" to "PATRIA O MUERTE", this legend have been changed on 1 and 2 centavos coins on 1983, and on 20 and 40 centavos on 1982, but remained unchanged on 5 centavos value. 2016 coins are not still listed on Krause, this is the reason they show "NO KM#" in years comments, you can see new version on its own page (see link below).

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1963	80 000 000	$ 0.16	$ 0.19	$ 0.19	$ 0.48	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	26%	JMA# 41
1966	50 000 000		$ 0.21	$ 0.23	$ 0.26	$ 1.20			17%	JMA# 42
1968	100 000 000		$ 0.16	$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.63	32%	JMA# 43 Kremnica Mint
1968	103 000 000		$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.69	24%	JMA# 44 Leningrad Mint
1971	100 020 000		$ 0.16	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.47	$ 0.63	$ 1.00	30%	JMA# 45
1972	100 000 000			$ 0.16	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.41	$ 1.10	17%	JMA# 46
2001	6 703 331								2%	redesigned from this year
2002	14 830 000								2%	high date
2002						$ 0.31			1.2%	low date
2003	62 520 000			$ 0.15	$ 0.53	$ 0.58			5%
2004	62 520 000				$ 0.48	$ 0.93			5%
2006	62 520 000								3%
2007	62 520 000				$ 0.48				6%
2008					$ 0.23	$ 0.26	$ 0.48	$ 0.75	6%
2009					$ 0.48	$ 0.53	$ 0.70	$ 1.30	7%
2010						$ 0.87	$ 0.87	$ 0.87	6%
2013									1.5%
2014									3%
2015					$ 0.33	$ 0.33	$ 0.49	$ 0.65	4%

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232312 Lot 64321	Mar 16, 2023	1972 – JMA# 46	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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