10 Pesos – Cuba

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: First Voyage of Columbus

Series: Encounter of Two Cultures

Context

Year: 1990

Issuer: Cuba

Period:

(since 1959)

Currency:

(since 1914)

Demonetization: 1990

Total mintage: 10,000

Material

Diameter: 38 mm

Weight: 20 g

Silver weight: 19.98 g

Thickness: 2.3 mm

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

References

KM: #267

Numista: #285214

Value

Exchange value: 10 CUP

Bullion value: $54.86

Obverse

Inscription:

REPUBLICA DE CUBA

20G AG 0.999

10 PESOS

Translation:

REPUBLIC OF CUBA

20G AG 0.999

10 PESOS

Script: Latin

Languages: Latin, Spanish

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Inscription:

PRIMER VIAJE DE COLON

1492

SAN SALVADOR

GVANAHANI

STA MARIA CONCEPCION

RVM CAY

JVANA FERNANDINA ISABELA

CVBA LONG ISLAND CROOKED

BABEQVE

GRAN INAGUA

1990

TORTVGA

MAR LA ESPAÑOLA

CARIBE

V CENTENARIO

Translation:

First Voyage of Columbus

1492

San Salvador

Guanahani

Sta Maria Concepcion

Rum Cay

Juana Fernandina Isabela

Cuba Long Island Crooked

Babeque

Gran Inagua

1990

Tortuga

Sea La Española

Caribbean

Fifth Centenary

Script: Latin

Languages: Spanish, Latin

Engraver: Belisario Álvarez Collado