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(en) Cuba is the biggest island of the Antilles, at Caribs sea, placed in a privileged position between Miami and Yucatan peninsulas. During colonies time, it was a very valuable point of contact to Europe, hence the nickname of "Key of the Caribs", illustrated on their coat of arms showing a key between 2 peninsulas, and by the Cuban minthouse mark being a key. During colonial times, Cuba did not have an own minthouse, and received scarce sending of coins from Mexico mint, known as "Situados". These were not enough, and many Spanish coins were used, mainly from Seville mint, so they were called "Sevillanas". Those coins had a real value lower then the colonial minted ones, but they were exchanged at same value of colonial coins. To avoid this, in 1841, many were countermarked to "clean" the circulating coinage. On 1741, during the siege to Santiago de Cuba, copper coins were minted - the first in Americas. First Cuban coin is considered to be the "Peso Souvenir", minted to finance the freedom campaign on 1897. Minted in the US, "1 Peso" was replaced with "Souvenir" word. The following year same type of coins were minted displaying a "1 Peso" face value. First coinage from Cuba as independent country started with 1915 and 1916 series, including copper-nickel, silver and gold coins. These were engraved by the famous Edward Barber, from the US, and the obverse is still used on actual coins. From 1994, Cuba has double currency, the original Peso Cubano (CUP) from 1915, that never changed (copper-nickel coins still are legal tender), and the Peso Convertible (CUC) originally intended to be used by visitors and Cubans living overseas. CUC is commonly paired to USD value, and CUP is about 1/25 CUC. From a few years ago, government is considering to return to use only 1 currency. Today Cuba strikes all its circulating coins and most of the commemorative issues through its own minthouse, that started production on 1977. Cuba has maintained the design of circulating coins, with minor changes, and introduced 2 bimetallic coins of 5 CUC in 2004 (dated 1999), and 5 CUP in 2016. More noticeable differences are found on commemorative circulating issues. Cuba hase produced a huge variety of commemorative coins from 1977, based on themes such as sports, Cuban history, monuments, flora & fauna, FAO, Hispanic-American themes, etc. Per saperne di più

Collegamenti esterni: Wikidata (Q241), Wikipedia

• Real Contromarcato (1841)
• Pre-Repubblica (1870-1898)
• Fondo Rivoluzionario (1872-1877)
• Peso Cubano (Moneta Nazionale, 1914-oggi)
• INTUR (coniazione per i visitatori, 1981-1989)
• Peso Convertibile (1994-2020)

Medal - 25th Anniversary of ICRT
1987
Medaglie commemorative › Medaglie aziendali, istituzionali e associative: 25° anniversario dell'ICRT
42 g • ⌀ 45.19 mm
N# 66883

Token - Heroes of the Cuban Independency
1995
Medaglie › Medaglie commemorative: Eroi dell'Indipendenza cubana
29.7 g • ⌀ 37.96 mm
N# 66880

PATRIA Y LIBERTAD CENTENARIO
1998
Medaglie › Medaglie commemorative: 100°. Anniversario della prima moneta di Peso
Argento 925‰ • 31 g • ⌀ 42 mm
N# 405853

Medal - José Martí Memorial
2001
Medaglie commemorative › Medaglia di personalità
Rame • ⌀ 46 mm
N# 146286

Medal - Marabana Maracuba
2003
Medaglie commemorative › Medaglie aziendali, istituzionali e associative
Ottone • ⌀ 52.36 mm
N# 59819

For the Victory (Cuba intervention at Angola)
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio militare: Operazione Carlota
Bronzo • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 437771

Belen College (Honor to notorious)
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
Ottone • 14 g • ⌀ 27 mm
N# 420099

Medal - Che Guevara
ND
Medaglie › Medaglioni souvenir: Che Guevara
• 14.5 g • ⌀ 35 mm
N# 490060

Belen School (Honor to excellence)
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
Ottone • 17 g • ⌀ 40 mm
N# 419060

Belen School
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
Ottone • 20 g • ⌀ 29 mm
N# 420095

Souvenir Peso (Oversized)
ND
Medaglie › Medaglioni souvenir
21.2 g • ⌀ 47.7 mm
N# 324839

Belen School (Honor to application)
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
• 13 g • ⌀ 30 mm
N# 419942

Belen School
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
Ottone • 19 g • ⌀ 34 mm
N# 420257

Belen School
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
• 10 g • ⌀ 33 mm
N# 420251

Belen School (Sport)
ND
Medaglie premio › Premio scolastico o accademico
Ottone • 12 g • ⌀ 25 mm
N# 420255

Cuban coins (Seven World Wonders)
2011
Articoli simili a banconote › Banconota di fantasia: Siete Maravillas del Mundo Antiguo
151 × 70 mm
N# 427273