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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 943136, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">As I was numismatically doodling (spending time perusing) through my 2010 Krause-Mishner <b><i>Standard Catalog of World Coins</i> </b>Cuba&#039;s KM# 165 caught my attention. The coin pictured is a commemorative (as are all Peso Coins since 1977) dated 1987. This particular Peso intriqued me more than all the rest because it commemorated another coin from Cuba&#039;s past; the 1897 Souvenir Peso.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">The coin measures 30mm is made of C-N (Cu-Ni) (Copper-Nickel). Instead of describing it further, you take a look. Scroll down to view obverse and reverse: </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><a href="http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-83154819-cuba-peso-1987-unc-conmemorativa-antigua-moneda-_JM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-83154819-cuba-peso-1987-unc-conmemorativa-antigua-moneda-_JM" rel="nofollow">http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-83154819-cuba-peso-1987-unc-conmemorativa-antigua-moneda-_JM</a></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Notice the two dates; 1897 and 1987. That&#039;s a period of 90 years, yet the coin commemorates the 100th Anniversary. I don&#039;t know why. Anyone reading this know why?</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">The original Souvenir Peso carries the date 1897. Here&#039;s a photo courtesy of Coin Page:</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7562.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7562.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7562.html</a></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Who&#039;s that lady on the coin? According to the Cuban Numismatic Association, &quot;</font><font face="Times New Roman">The three versions of the 1897 Souvenir Peso and the 1898 Peso displayed the image of Leonor Molina, a young and beautiful fundraiser for the Revolution.&quot;</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">How many 1897 Souvenir Pesos were struck? Here&#039;s two excerpts from a Cuban Numismatic Association newsletter, &quot;...on April 17, 1897, an agreement is reached with Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island and a contract signed on May 10th to strike 3,000,000 coins with &#039;the first installment to consist of ten thousand coins to be delivered within sixty days from date of this contract.&#039; &quot;A grand total of 10,000 pieces of this Series is struck (thus fulfilling the terms of the contract) minus 30 defective coins destroyed on September 17th, for a net mintage of 9,970 pieces. On March 9th, 1898, the Junta returns five additional pieces to Gorham for destruction in order to square away the accounts. The final net outstanding coinage struck thus settles at 9,965 pieces.&quot;</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Want to know the 1987 commemorative&#039;s mintage? 3,000 uncirculated NCLTs and 3,000 proofs.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed...</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Clinker</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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