20 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Cuba
Period	First Republic (1902-1906, 1909-1959)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1915-1949
Value	20 Centavos (0.20 CUP)
Currency	Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition	Silver (.900) (silver 90%, copper 10%)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.4 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	13 March 1962
Number	N# 6835 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 13, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 4 more volumes. Y# 7, Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, USA. And 1 more volumes. Schön# 7 Gerhard Schön; 2020. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). 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 legen on bottom, line of denticles close to edge.

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
• VEINTE CENTAVOS •

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
Twenty Cents

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Charles Edward Barber was the sixth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1879 until his death in 1917. Although Barber's coins were met with mixed reviews, he had a long and fruitful career in coinage, designing most of the coins used at the mint during his time as Chief Engraver.

Reverse

Five-pointed star with rays, "Fatherland and Freedom" As curved legend on top, date on excergue, weight and fineness on sides.

Lettering:
PATRIA Y LIBERTAD
• 5 G. • 1915 • 900 M •

Translation:
Fatherland and Freedom
5 G. 1915 900 M

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Charles Edward Barber was the sixth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1879 until his death in 1917. Although Barber's coins were met with mixed reviews, he had a long and fruitful career in coinage, designing most of the coins used at the mint during his time as Chief Engraver.

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Comments

Minted at Philadelphia.
Fine reeding coins have 146 reeds and coarse reeding ones have 114 reeds.

Variants detected are low and high relief star on 1915 issue, as well as variations on amounts of reeds on edge. Most of this series silver coins have circulated actively, so most times is not easy to identify the variant, unless the coin is in very good shape, main differences are soft center and rounded valleys on high relief variant, but as said, those are worn in circulated coins, making hard to determine. Other clue to find is on high relief coins, key and palm tree show weak stike on reverse, but hard to determine if not comparing coins.

High - Low relief articles:
allcubancoins site
laislamarketplace site

See also

• Coat of Arms

• 10 Centavos
• 40 Centavos
• 1 Peso

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