Cuba 1938 centavo
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This type was struck at the Philadelphia mint for Cuba in 1915-16, 1920 and 1938. There is also a brass five centavos from 1943 (KM 11.3a). Two dates were struck in the fifties using the portrait of hero José Martí (KM 26, KM 30). Castro-era issues (KM 33, 1963-88) are aluminum. None are rare altho they can be expensive in high grade.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: copper-nickel, 2.5 g, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 9.1.
- Altz, Charles G., and E. H. Barton, Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Link to:
- 1938 peso
- 1943 centavo
- Coins and currency dated 1938
- return to coins of Cuba