We make an active market in almost all world coins, gold or otherwise, including Cuban gold coins. UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £9 per orderįor silver and base metal coins of Cuba, please look at our original Chard Coins website. Please telephone prior to ordering for current prices and availability. The reverse of this issue has a facing portrait of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, with his name and the inscription The coat of arms of Cuba appears on the reverse, with the inscription:-ĭIEZ PESOS (again in the case of a ten pesos).
#Cuban silver coins for sale series#
The 1915-1916 series of coins feature Cuban hero José Marti on the obverse with the inscription:-ġ6.718 G 1916 900M (in the case of a 1916 ten pesos) This regime was, for many years, supported by the USSR, causing opposition and tension with the nearby USA, which imposed sanctions in 1961.Ĭuba issued gold coins in 19, but no more were issued until about 1977, since when a large number of commemorative designs have been issued.
This was overthrown by Fidel Castro on January 1st 1959, and a communist collective system was installed by 1962. In 1952 Fulgencio Batista seized power and established a dictatorship. After 1895 the US lent military assistance to the rebels, and independence was finally achieved in 1902. Cubans struggled for many years for independence. Cuba remained under Spain until 1898 except for a brief period of British control in 1762 to 1763. 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.Sovereign Information Sovereigns For SaleĬuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, and settled by Diego Velasquez in the early 16th century. More noticeable differences are found on commemorative circulating issues. 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. Today Cuba strikes all its circulating coins and most of the commemorative issues through its own minthouse, that started production on 1977. From a few years ago, government is considering to return to use only 1 currency.
CUC is commonly paired to USD value, and CUP is about 1/25 CUC. 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. These were engraved by the famous Edward Barber, from the US, and the obverse is still used on actual coins. First coinage from Cuba as independent country started with 19 series, including copper-nickel, silver and gold coins. The following year same type of coins were minted displaying a "1 Peso" face value. Minted in the US, "1 Peso" was replaced with "Souvenir" word. First Cuban coin is considered to be the "Peso Souvenir", minted to finance the freedom campaign on 1897. On 1741, during the siege to Santiago de Cuba, copper coins were minted - the first in Americas. To avoid this, in 1841, many were countermarked to "clean" the circulating coinage. Those coins had a real value lower then the colonial minted ones, but they were exchanged at same value of colonial coins. These were not enough, and many Spanish coins were used, mainly from Seville mint, so they were called "Sevillanas". During colonial times, Cuba did not have an own minthouse, and received scarce sending of coins from Mexico mint, known as "Situados". 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. 1898 Cuba Revolutionary Silver Peso NGC AU Details Tooled. Cuba is the biggest island of the Antilles, at Caribs sea, placed in a privileged position between Miami and Yucatan peninsulas. Cuban Coins For Sale at - COINACOPIA - We Carry and Inventory of Ever Denomination of Cuban.
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