Cuba 1977 100 pesos Fr-8

Goldberg sale 106, lot 1708

This specimen was lot 1708 in Goldberg sale 106 (Los Angeles, September 2018), where it sold for $540. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Cuba. 100 Pesos, 1977. Coat of arms. Reverse: Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Choice Brilliant Proof." A very early NCLT from Castro's regime in Cuba. Another 100 pesos issued in 1977 honored Communist hero Vladimir Lenin.

Recorded mintage: 25,000 proofs.

Specification: 12 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.3538 ounce AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-8; KM-43.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 106: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.

Link to:

• 1977 20 pesos, Agramonte
• 1977 20 pesos, Vladimir Lenin
• 1977 100 pesos, V. I. Lenin
• 1979 100 pesos, conference of nonaligned states
• Coins and currency dated 1977
• return to coins of Cuba