5 Pesos The Old Man and the Sea

Features

Issuer	Cuba
Period	Second Republic (1959-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1982
Value	5 Pesos (5 CUP)
Currency	Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition	Silver (.999)
Weight	12 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1982
Number	N# 126664
References	KM# 98 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , JMA# AAEE093, AAEE096 José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba = The Coin of Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Havana, Cuba.

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Commemorative issue

Nobel Prize of Literature

Series: Ernest Hemingway

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms, country name on top, weight and finess on sides, face value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
12G. 5 PESOS AG 0.999

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
12g. 5 Pesos silver 0.999

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Scene from "The Old Man and the Sea", Event name above, as circular legend, prize date on left (see comments), issue date and mintmark on right, Hemingway's name below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EL VIEJO Y EL MAR • PREMIO NOBEL
1952 1982
ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Translation:
The Old Man and the Sea . Nobel Prize
1952 1982
Ernest Hemingway

Designer: Luis Rodríguez García-Casariego

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba

Comments

"El Viejo y el Mar" is the novel for which Hemingway received the Nobel Prize on 1954. On this coin, mistakenly shows 1952 as date of price.

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1982	1 000		JMA# AAEE093; Proof version	20%
1982	5 000	$ 97	JMA# AAEE096; BU version	75%

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Actual silver weight: 0.385 oz

Current silver price: 72.89 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2020 March 29 The El Don Diego Luna Collection World Coins Month-long Online Auction 61155 Lot 97155	29 Mar 2020	1982 – JMA# AAEE096; BU version	UNC	The lot includes several items.
© Heritage Auctions
	Heritage Auctions 2020 March 29 The El Don Diego Luna Collection World Coins Month-long Online Auction 61155 Lot 97154	29 Mar 2020	1982 – JMA# AAEE096; BU version	UNC	The lot includes several items.
© Heritage Auctions
	Katz Auction 161 Lot 2338	18 Jun 2025	1982 – JMA# AAEE096; BU version		USD 30.18 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 154 Lot 2447	12 Apr 2025	1982 – JMA# AAEE096; BU version		USD 30.18 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 148 Lot 2083	11 Jan 2025	1982 – JMA# AAEE096; BU version		USD 32.50 (EUR 28.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 106 Lot 971	27 Dec 2023	1982 – JMA# AAEE096; BU version		USD 35.98 (EUR 31.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.