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50 Centavos Countermarked
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1872-1877 |
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| Currency | Countermarked Coinage (Key, 1872-1877) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA |
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| Mintage | ND (1872-1877) - Host date 1869 - 1877 |
| Additional information |
Spanish colonial coinage circulating in Cuba during the 1870s carried face values calibrated to the Peninsula, creating persistent confusion in local commerce where island pricing operated on different conventions. The Cuban countermark program addressed this directly — punching a new valuation stamp onto existing Spanish 50 centavos pieces to reauthorize them for local circulation at a fixed rate, avoiding the expense of a full reminting.
KM#R5.1 specifically identifies the resello applied to host coins dated within this window. The legitimacy of the countermark itself became a point of contention, as unauthorized imitations circulated alongside official issues almost immediately.