Cuba 1936 peso

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in the United States for Cuba 1934-39 using silver dollar blanks. Most were held in government vaults as backing for paper currency and later melted; the original mintage has little bearing on the number of survivors. This date isn't too rare.

Recorded mintage: 16,000,000 (most melted).

Specification: 26.73 g, .900 fine silver, .773 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 22.

Source:

• Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1934 "star" peso
• 1935 "ABC" peso
• 1937 peso
• 1953 peso
• Coins and currency dated 1936
• return to coins of Cuba