10 Pesos La Punta

La Punta fortress, begun by the Spanish in 1589, anchored the western jaw of Havana harbor alongside El Morro across the channel — the two together forming a defensive chokepoint that defined Caribbean colonial strategy for two centuries. Cuba's commemorative silver program of the 2000s drew heavily on this Havana architectural heritage, producing limited runs largely destined for the collector export market rather than domestic circulation, a pattern consistent across the island's hard-currency numismatic issues of that decade.