1 Peso Marlin fishing

1 Peso (Marlin fishing) - obverse1 Peso (Marlin fishing) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Cuba
Period Second Republic (1959-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1982
Value 1 Peso (1 CUP)
Currency Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 11.3 g
Diameter 29.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1982
Number
N#
5124
References KM# 89,
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# AAEE098
José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Valencia, Spain.

Commemorative issue

Marlin fishing

Series: Ernest Hemingway

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms , country name on top, face value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
★ 1 PESO ★

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
1 Peso

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Image of Marlin fishing tournament on May 15, 1961, when Hemingway and Castro met.
Event name on circular legend on top, mintmark on left, issue date on right, Hemingway's name above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PESCA DE LA AGUJA
1982
ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Translation:
Marling fishing (tournament)
1982
Ernest Hemingway

Designer: Luis Rodríguez García-Casariego

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba

Comments

Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro met only once. It was during a Marlin fishing tournament on May 15, 1961
Anyways, Hemingway liked too much Cuba, where he went very often, and had a plantation "Finca Vigía", that he purchased on 1940.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1982  Photo 7 000 $ 10 BU

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Peso (Marlin fishing)
Katz
Auction 101
Lot 2597
Internet Archive
18 Nov 2023 UNC USD 10.79
(EUR 10.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Peso (Marlin fishing)
Katz
Auction 84
Lot 1073
Internet Archive
27 May 2023 UNC USD 8.63
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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