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1 Peso Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the traditional escutcheon with a royal palm, rising sun, and key between two promontories, encircled by a wreath of oak and laurel branches tied with a ribbon, with the Phrygian cap and star above. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 PESO appears at the base flanked by two five-pointed stars. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the twenty-first anniversary of Guevara's death in Bolivia, this was part of a broader Cuban commemorative program that accelerated sharply in the late 1980s as the Soviet subsidy pipeline began to dry up — hard-currency coin sales to foreign collectors had become a meaningful revenue stream for Havana. Guevara himself had served as Cuba's National Bank president from 1959 to 1961, famously signing banknotes with only "Che" in open contempt for the institution.