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* Byrne, Ray, ''Coins and Tokens of the Caribees,'' Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
 
* Altz, Charles G., and E. H. Barton, ''Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1965.
 
* Altz, Charles G., and E. H. Barton, ''Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1965.
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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* [[Cuba 1943 5 centavos|1943 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Cuba 1943 5 centavos|1943 5 centavos]]
* [[Cuba 1948 10 centavos|1948 10 centavos]]
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* [[Cuba 1946 centavo|1946 centavo]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1943]]
 
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[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Revision as of 18:57, 3 May 2022

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Cuba 1943 centavo rev DSLR.jpg

This type was struck at the Philadelphia mint for Cuba in 1943 only. There is also a brass five centavos from 1943 (KM 11.3a). Previous dates (1915-16, 1920 and 1938) and post-war dates (1946, 1951) were copper-nickel. Two dates were struck in the fifties using the portrait of hero José Marti (KM 26, KM 30). Castro-era issues (KM 33, 1963-88) are aluminum. None are rare altho they can be expensive in high grade.

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.

Specification: Brass, 2.3 g.

Catalog reference: KM 9.2a.

Source:

  • Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
  • Altz, Charles G., and E. H. Barton, Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1965.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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