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20 Pesos José Martí
| Issuer | Republic of Cuba |
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| Year | 1915-1916 |
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| In circulation to | 22 May 1934 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely engraved bare-headed portrait bust of José Martí, the Cuban national hero and independence martyr, in right-facing profile, with wavy hair and a distinctive moustache, rendered in high relief with precise sculptural detail. The legend PATRIA Y LIBERTAD arcs across the upper field. Flanking the lower portion of the portrait, the weight specification 33.436 G. appears to the left and the fineness mark 900 M to the right, each preceded by a raised dot. The date 1916 is prominently inscribed at the bottom of the field between two dots, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Cuba's 1915–1916 gold coinage was authorized under the Monetary Law of 1914, the young republic's first serious attempt to establish a nationally minted currency after decades of Spanish colonial issues and American occupation money. The 20 Peso piece was the flagship denomination of that series, struck at the Philadelphia Mint under contract — Cuba had no domestic minting facility of its own.
Mintages were low and political appetite for the coins outpaced their circulation; much of the issue was absorbed into reserves or exported. Survivors in anything above VF are genuinely scarce.