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100 Pesos (St. Jacobi and Santiago de Cuba) – Cuba

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 1000th. Anniversary of St. Jacobi and 478 years of Santiago de Cuba foundation.

Cuba

Context

Year: 1993

Issuer: Cuba

Period:

Second Republic

(since 1959)

Currency:

Cuban Peso

(since 1914)

Demonetization: 1993

Total mintage: 100

Material

Diameter: 38 mm

Weight: 31.1 g

Gold weight: 31.07 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Gold

Standard: Silver ounce

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

OBVERSE ↑

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REVERSE ↓

References

KM: #538

Numista: #465846

Value

Exchange value: 100 CUP

Bullion value: $5180.13

Obverse

Description:

Cuban coat of arms top left, Santiago de Cuba arms lower right. Country name above and right, weight and fineness below. Face value lower left. Dotted line near edge.

Inscription:

REPUBLICA DE CUBA

1 OZ AU 0.999.

100

PESOS

Translation:

REPUBLIC OF CUBA

1 OZ AU 0.999.

100

PESOS

Script: Latin

Languages: Latin, Spanish

Engraver: Rigoberto Peláez Alcázar

Designer: Elena Delgado Álvarez

Reverse

Description:

Armored St. Jacobi on rearing horse right, shell beside. Commemorative text above and below near edge. "Millenium" misspelled. Date and mintmark lower right, dotted border.

Inscription:

478 ANIV. FUNDACION STGO de CUBA

1993

MILLENIVM SANCTI • IACOBI

Translation:

478th Anniversary of the Foundation of Santiago de Cuba

1993

Millennium of Saint James

Script: Latin

Languages: Spanish, Latin