Cuba 1997 10 pesos KM-625
This specimen was lot 1034 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "CUBA, Havana mint, proof error 10 pesos, 1997, Traditional Cuban Dance - rumba, nine medallions on reverse, extremely rare. Ultra Cameo Proof with no marks that we can see and only the tiniest of flaws, an error strike showing nine medallions on reverse instead of twelve arms (as adopted) for the twelve Latin American countries that participated in this mintage series (Ibero-American Series III - Dances and Traditions), estimated mintage of just eight coins with this error." Other ten pesos for 1997 include KM 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 609, 613, 624, 635, 650a, 667, 747, 748, 750, 927, 928, 931, 932 and 944.
Recorded mintage: 6,000 struck in Havana.
Specification: 27 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 27.30 grams.
Catalog reference: Aledon-726 var; KM-625 var.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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- 1995 10 pesos, pattern for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
- Cuba 1995 10 pesos KMX-P11, José Marti centennial
- 1997 100 pesos, Castro's visit to Rome
- 1997 100 pesos, 30th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara, bust of Che
- 1997 100 pesos, 30th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara, Che standing
- 2000 10 pesos, 2nd International Economists Meeting
- Coins and currency dated 1997