Cuba 1990 100 pesos Fr-51

Aureo sale 269, lot 652

This specimen was lot 652 in Aureo sale 269 (Barcelona, July 2015), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"* 1990. Cuba. 100 pesos. AU. V Centenario - Juan de la Cosa. Con certificado. Acuñación de 250 piezas. Proof. (Cuba, gold one hundred pesos of 1990, for the fifth centennial of Juan de la Cosa, with certificate, mintage of 250 pieces, proof.)"

This type is listed in the SCWC but without a photo. Desperate for foreign exchange, Cuba has issued large numbers of NCLT's, many only vaguely related to Cuba. This type was accompanied by a gold fifty pesos (Fr-52).

Recorded mintage: 250, all proof.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, this specimen 31,10 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-51, KM 305.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2015.

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