Subastas Ibercoin

50 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: 1,000

Material

Diameter: 65 mm

Weight: 155.5 g

Silver weight: 155.34 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Silver

Standard: Silver 5 ounces

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

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References

KM: #400

Numista: #467044

Value

Exchange value: 50 CUP

Bullion value: $450.60

Obverse

Description:

Cuban coat of arms (upper left) and Santiago de Cuba arms (lower right). Country name top/right; weight and fineness below; face value lower left. Dotted line near edge. Design identical to linked coin but with updated weight, value, and metal.

Inscription:

REPUBLICA DE CUBA

5 OZ AG 0.999.

50

PESOS

Translation:

REPUBLIC OF CUBA

5 OZ AG 0.999.

50

PESOS

Script: Latin

Language: Spanish

Engraver: Rigoberto Peláez Alcázar

Designer: Elena Delgado Álvarez

Reverse

Description:

Armored St. Jacobi on a rearing horse, facing right with a shell. Commemorative text above and below near the edge. Features a misspelling of "Millennium" (missing one "n"). Minting date and mintmark at lower right, with a dotted line near the edge. Design matches the coin at the provided link.

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: Latin, Spanish