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1 Centavo
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 2000-2019 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#733 |
| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield divided into three quarters: the upper portion features a rising sun over a landscape with a key and two headlands symbolising the Straits of Florida, the lower left quarter bears blue and white stripes representing the original Cuban flag, and the lower right quarter displays a royal palm. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap atop a pole, flanked on either side by a spray of oak leaves to the left and laurel to the right, both bound at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination UN CENTAVO and the date 2005 appear in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 2005 un centavo (Translation: Republic of Cuba 2005 one cent) |
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| Additional information |
Cuba's aluminium centavo series persisted well into the 21st century largely because the dual-currency system introduced in 1994 — the CUP for locals, the CUC for tourists — made low-denomination coins effectively irrelevant to hard-currency transactions. The centavo soldiered on in domestic circulation anyway, used for state-subsidized goods and fares that hadn't seen a real price adjustment in decades.
The series was rendered obsolete when Cuba announced the elimination of the CUC in 2020-2021, collapsing the two-tier system that had defined Cuban monetary life for nearly thirty years.