Cuba Pre 1962

When I was a kid, there was a Cuban refugee who went to my church. His father had fought against Castro when he came to power, and their family was exiled. We were good friends. He gave me this when he found out I was interested in coins - when they left Cuba, they took a small amount of money with them.

 

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Really nice coins! I never knew any country had a 40 centavos. I love Cuban coins too

 

40 centavos from Chile...

 

I like Cuba too. Not great pics but here's a few.

 

Between 1981 and 1989, the National Institute of Tourism (Instituto Nacional de Turismo, "INTUR") issued "Visitors Coinage" for use by tourists. In 1981, cupro-nickel 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and 1 peso were introduced, followed in 1988 by aluminium 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos.

These INTUR coins were demonetized in October of 2001.

 

these are not coins but you might find them interesting

 

Stopped by the Grapevine, TX Coin show this morning. Very busy today.
I picked up a few more Centavos for my type collection.


1915 1 Centavo KM# 9.1
Mintage 9,396,000
17 mm Copper-Nickel


1943 1 Centavo KM# 9.2a
Mintage 20,000,000
17 mm Brass
One Year Type


1958 1 Centavo KM# 30
Mintage 50,000,000
17 mm Copper-Nickel
One Year Type

The ones below are not pre-62 but they will still be part of my collection

1971 1 Centavo KM# 33.1
Mintage 49.960,000
17 mm Aluminum


1962 40 Centavos KM# 32
Mintage 15,250,000
28 mm Copper-Nickel

 

Not Pre 1962 but it's Che

 

New additions to Cuba type collection

1932 Low Relief Star Peso ANACS AU50 Mintage 3,550,000

1952 20 Centavos 50th Anniversary Mintage 8,700,000
I now have all 3, the 10, 20, and 40 Centavos

 

The reds and book toning Nice!

 

Type set completed

Can be view at
https://issuu.com/mikelarson2/docs/cuba_first_republic_type_collection

Other completed albums at this link

https://issuu.com/mikelarson2

 

just an FYI... many sellers sell Cuba coins listed as Caribbean.

 

1984 Cuba... you never see these in UNC... it was a bidding war for sure.

 

more Cubans...








and my personal favorite the peso...ICG AU-58 cracked out...

 

I like that those old Cuban silver coins had their weight on them and the 90% purity.

 

It seems that many south and central american coins had that statement. Mexican coins often had it.

 

I was lucky enough to acquire a completed Cuba Dansco type set from a dealer here in Miami. That's about the extent of my Cuba collection, apart from a gold 20 pesos coin.

 

Sonlarson, great collection. Here are my 3.