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20 Pesos Ignacio Agramonte; Pattern
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | A facing portrait of Ignacio Agramonte, the Cuban independence hero, is centered in the field, with the date 1977 and mintmark positioned to the left of the effigy. The surrounding circular legend bears his name, IGNACIO AGRAMONTE, at the top, while the bottom legend commemorates the ASAMBLEA DE GUAIMARO, referencing the historic 1869 constitutional assembly. The portrait is rendered in a classical medallic style consistent with Cuban commemorative coinage of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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This is a pattern issue, never approved for circulation, produced during a period when Cuba was experimenting with a proposed higher-denomination coinage series honoring figures of the Ten Years' War. Agramonte, the cavalry commander killed at Jimaguayú in 1873, was a natural candidate — his death came before Cuban independence was achieved, which gave the revolutionary government an unambiguous hero untainted by the compromises of the republic era.
Brass patterns of this type are rarely documented in Cuban numismatic records, and surviving examples likely number in the dozens at most.