Cuba 1948 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in the United States for Cuba in 1916-20 and 1948-49 using dime blanks. The type is common today. The issue was accompanied by a silver twenty centavos, forty centavos and one peso issues. The 1949 is the most common date.

Recorded mintage: 5,120,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .072 troy oz AGW, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM A12.

Source:

• Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1937 peso
• 1946 centavo
• 1946 5 centavos
• 1948 20 centavos
• 1949 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1948
• return to coins of Cuba