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1 Peso Moscow '80 Olympics
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield divided into three sections: the upper portion bears a golden key between two landmasses representing Cuba's position between the Americas, the lower-left section displays a blue-and-white striped field, and the lower-right bears a royal palm tree. The shield is surmounted by the Phrygian cap atop a fasces, symbolising liberty, and is flanked by laurel and oak branches tied at the base. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 1 PESO inscribed along the lower rim, and a five-pointed star appears on each side in the field. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Cuba issued a series of commemorative pesos for the 1980 Moscow Olympics despite having no Cuban athletes compete — the United States-led boycott, joined by roughly 65 nations in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, had no effect on Cuba, which sent a full delegation and won several medals. The coins were produced for export revenue as much as commemoration, a standard hard-currency strategy for the Castro government throughout the 1970s and 1980s.