1 Peso 90th. Anniversary of Souvenir Peso

1 Peso (90th. Anniversary of Souvenir Peso) - obverse1 Peso (90th. Anniversary of Souvenir Peso) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Cuba
Period Second Republic (1959-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1987
Value 1 Peso (1 CUP)
Currency Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 11.3 g
Diameter 29.9 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1987
Number
N#
39741
References KM# 165,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
JMA# AAEE196,
José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Valencia, Spain.
JMA# AAEE197
José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Valencia, Spain.

Commemorative issue

Souvenir Peso

Series: 90th Anniversary of the Souvenir Peso

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms, country name on top, face value below, 5-pointed stars on sides. Circle of pearls near to edge.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
★ 1 PESO ★

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
1 Peso

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Portrait of Leonor Molina, first face to appear on a Cuban coin.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PATRIA Y LIBERTAD
1897 1987
emisión
original
SOUVENIR

Translation:
Fatherland and Liberty
1897 1987
original
issue
Souvenir

Engraver: Belisario Álvarez Collado

Designers: Belisario Álvarez Collado, Alberto González Pereztol

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba

Comments

The Souvenir Peso coin was minted at the US on 1897, and project had Liberty image, copied from US coins, but the minthouse refused to use it. Therefore, Leonor Molina, who was cousin of the treasurer of the revolutionary movement, and also active member, posed for the design.
Also should have 1 Peso as face value, but minthouse did not want to mint coins for a country that was on war against their friend country, Spain, so it was changed to Souvenir to avoid complications.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1987  3 000 $ 12 14% JMA# AAEE 196, Proof version
1987  3 000 $ 7.50 94% JMA# AAEE 197, BU version

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