1 Peso Che Minister
© BEVI 75
Features
| Issuer |
Cuba
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Republic (1959-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 1997 |
| Value | 1 Peso (1 CUP) |
| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 26 g |
| Diameter | 38 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1997 |
| Number | N# 211240 |
| References | KM# 618 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba = The Coin of Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Havana, Cuba. |
Commemorative issue
Che Guevara Minister
Series: 30th. Anniversary of the death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Obverse
Cuban coat of arms to left, curved legend on top with country name, legend with commemorated event to right, face value on bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
30
ANIVERSARIO
DE LA CAIDA
EN COMBATE
DE ERNESTO
GUEVARA DE
LA SERNA Y SUS
COMPAÑEROS
1 PESO
Translation:
Republic of Cuba
30th anniversary of the death in fight of Ernesto Guevara De La Serna and his fellows.
1 Peso
Designer: Elena Delgado Álvarez
Reverse
Image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, based on the portrait "Che Ministro" by Alberto Gutierrez "Korda" Curved legend on left and top, near edge, continued by Guevara's death year, and issue year, on right mintmark. over his left shoulder signature "che", he used on banknotes when he was Industry Minister, and President of the National Bank of Cuba.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GUERRILLERO HEROICO 1967 - 1997
che
Translation:
Heroic Guerrilla Fighter 1967 1997
che
Engraver: Belisario Álvarez Collado
Designer: Elena Delgado Álvarez
Edge
Plain
Mint
Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, CubaComments
Guerrillero Heroico (Heroic Guerrilla Fighter) was the title of the most famous Ernesto "che" Guevara's portrait, taken by Alberto Gutiérrez "Korda", during funerals of the victims of the Le Coubre vessel explosion. Picture's name became as second nickname of Guevara. Gevara died at age 39, executed at La Higuera, Bolivia.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 10 000 | BU | |||||||||||||
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