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5 Pesos Skater
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Charles Edward Barber Reverse: Leopoldo Yáñez Quesada |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 12 G. 5 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 12g. 5 Pesos silver 0.999) |
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| Reverse lettering | XV OLIMPIADA DE INVIERNO CALGARY 1988 1986 (Translation: 15th Winter Olympic Games Calgary 1988 1986) |
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Cuba's hard-currency commemorative program of the 1980s was explicitly designed to generate foreign exchange, not domestic circulation. These coins were sold through Cubacoin S.A. to collectors abroad while Cuban citizens used pesos convertibles for daily transactions — the silver never touched the island's internal economy in any meaningful way.
The 1986 Winter Sports subset sat within a broader Olympic series timed to the Seoul and Calgary games cycle. Calgary 1988 provided the nominal pretext; the revenue motive did the actual work.