Cuba 1988 50 pesos Fr-21
This specimen was lot 30828 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 50 Pesos (1/2 oz) 1988 MS69 NGC. Jose Marti issue. Mintage: 12 examples. A near-perfect offering of this type struck in exceedingly low numbers." Desperate for foreign exchange, Cuba has issued large numbers of NCLT's, many only vaguely related to Cuba. Martí, best known as the author of "Guantanamera", has been adopted as a hero of the Cuban revolution, tho it seems unlikely that he would have much sympathy with the Communists. The bust used here originally appeared on the Cuban gold issues of 1915-16, minted in Philadelphia. It was struck 1988-90 along with a 25 and 100 pesos.
Recorded mintage: 12 + 15 proofs.
Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 214, Fr-21.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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