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100 Pesos Carlos Manuel de Céspedes-Trial Strike
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Cuban national coat of arms, featuring the shield quartered with a royal palm, a golden key between two mountain peaks, and horizontal stripes, flanked on either side by a fasces of spears and a Cuban flag. The circumferential legend reads REPUBLICA DE CUBA along the upper arc, interrupted by a five-pointed star at left and the denomination and metal specifications at the lower arc. The inscription 12 G. - 100 PESOS - LATON - AO.917 is distributed around the lower periphery, referencing the trial strike's specifications. The design closely mirrors that intended for the gold issue but struck in brass as a pattern, with bold relief throughout and a reeded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Trial strikes from Cuba's 1977 coinage program were produced to test alloy composition and die performance before authorizing full production runs — not for circulation, and not for general sale. This particular piece tests a brass composition that was ultimately rejected for the circulating series. The Banco Nacional commissioned multiple trial variants in different metals during this period, and surviving examples are documented almost exclusively through institutional records and a handful of specialist collections.
Céspedes freed his slaves and led the Grito de Yara in 1868, launching Cuba's Ten Years' War against Spain. That political choice of subject matter in 1977 carried unmistakable revolutionary resonance for the Castro government.