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CUBA: AR souvenir peso, 1897, XF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - The Americas Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:140.00 - 190.00 USD
CUBA: AR souvenir peso, 1897, XF
SOLD
600.00USD+ buyer's premium (120.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 Sep 21 @ 14:56UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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CUBA: AR souvenir peso, 1897, Bruce-XM2, lightly cleaned, date closely spaced, star below 97 baseline, XF. The souvenir pesos were designed by Philip Martiny and produced in the United States to raise money for Cuba's struggle for independence. They were struck by the Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, Rhode Island. The reverse image represents the Republic, and is based on a portrait of Leonor Molina Adán, cousin of José Zayas, Treasury Delegate of the Revolutionary Movement, and also an active member of the group. Known as the "Souvenir Peso", the three types from 1897 (and their respective patterns) were part of the coins minted to contribute to funds of the Movement, as well as the 1 peso minted in 1898.