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20 Centavos Reverse Trial
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the denomination in Roman numerals (XX) within a circular border, superimposed over a five-pointed star in the field. The curved legend PATRIA O MUERTE (Fatherland or Death) arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 1969 appears in the exergue. A row of denticles runs parallel to and close inside the rim, framing the composition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cuba issued no gold coinage for general circulation after 1959, making this trial piece an anomaly — almost certainly produced for archival or presentation purposes rather than any serious production intent. The 1969 date places it a decade into the Revolutionary government, well after the peso had been restructured and hard currency was being preserved, not minted into domestic coins.
Reverse trials in gold at this weight suggest die testing or a proof-of-concept strike, possibly for a foreign trade or numismatic export program that never materialized.