Cuba 1943 centavo
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This type was struck at the Philadelphia mint for Cuba in 1943 only. There is also a brass five centavos from 1943 (KM 11.3a). Previous dates (1915-16, 1920 and 1938) and post-war dates (1946, 1951) were copper-nickel. 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: 20,000,000.
Specification: Brass, 2.3 g.
Catalog reference: KM 9.2a.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- 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 centavo
- 1943 5 centavos
- 1946 centavo
- Coins and currency dated 1943
- return to coins of Cuba