Cuba 1916 2 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1915-16 at the Philadelphia mint during a brief sugar boom in Cuba. Most of the mintage remained in bank vaults to back paper money and the type is rarely seen in circulated condition. Gold one, four, five, ten and twenty pesos were also issued.

Recorded mintage: 150,000.

Specification: 3.34 g, 0.900 fine gold, .096 troy oz AGW, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 17.

Source:

• Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1916 4 pesos
• 1916 5 pesos
• 1916 gold 10 pesos
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