Cuba 1968 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck for Cuba in 1962 and 1968. The type is common today. It and an accompanying forty centavos (KM 32) were the first coins issued by the Castro regime after its takeover in 1959. Aluminum one and five centavos appeared later. Silver issues for circulation ceased in 1953.

Recorded mintage: 25,750,000.

Specification: 6.4 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter, designed by Esteban Valdarrama.

Catalog reference: KM 31.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1962 20 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1968
• return to coins of Cuba