ALAMIR

10 Pesos – Cuba

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: Ptolomeo and Toscanelli

Series: Encounter of Two Cultures

Context

Year: 1992

Issuer: Cuba

Period:

(since 1959)

Currency:

(since 1914)

Demonetization: 1992

Material

Diameter: 38 mm

Weight: 20 g

Silver weight: 19.98 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

References

KM: #354

Numista: #182051

Value

Exchange value: 10 CUP

Bullion value: $54.86

Obverse

Inscription:

REPUBLICA DE CUBA

20G 10 PESOS AG 0.999

Translation:

REPUBLIC OF CUBA

20G 10 PESOS AG 0.999

Script: Latin

Language: Spanish

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Inscription:

PTOLOMEO

LA

TIERRA ES REDONDA

(in map) SEPTENTRIO ORIENS

CATHAY

MARE OCEANUM

MANGI AFRICA

TROPICUS CANCER

CIPANGO

AUSTER

(out of map) CAMINO DIRECTO A

ORIENTE CRUZANDO

EL ATLANTICO

1992

TOSCANELLI

Translation:

PTOLEMY

THE

EARTH IS ROUND

(in map) NORTH EAST

CATHAY

OCEAN SEA

MANZI AFRICA

TROPIC OF CANCER

JIPANGU

SOUTH

(out of map) DIRECT ROUTE TO

THE ORIENT CROSSING

THE ATLANTIC

1992

TOSCANELLI

Script: Latin

Languages: Latin, Spanish

Engraver: Carlos Estrada de Zayas