30 Pesos Diego Velázquez
Features
| Issuer |
Cuba
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Republic (1959-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 1991 |
| Value | 30 Pesos (30 CUP) |
| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.999) |
| Weight | 93.3 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1991 |
| Number | N# 294121 |
| References | KM# 431 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
Diego Velázquez
Series: Hispan-American Figures
Obverse
Cuban coat of arms, country name on top, face value below, weight and fineness on sides, rope design close to edge.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
3 OZ 30 PESOS AG 0.999
Translation:
Republic of Cuba
3 ounces 30 Pesos silver 0.999
Engraver: Charles Edward Barber
Reverse
Portrait of Diego Velazquez within wreath, name and date below, event on top, issue date and mintmark to left of image. Rope around, close to edge.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
★ V CENTENARIO ★
1991
DIEGO VELAZQUEZ ★ 1492
Translation:
5th. Centenary
1991
Diego Velázquez 1492
Engraver: Belisario Álvarez Collado
Designer: Carmen Menéndez Allende
Edge
Reeded.
Mint
Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, CubaComments
Diego Velázquez (1465-1524), born at Cuellar, Spain, was part of 2nd. Columbus voyage, and was 1st. governor of Cuba (as Lieutenant governor), till his death. Was founder of several cities at La Española island (currently shared by Haiti and Dominican Republic), and at Cuba, including Baracoa, Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad, Camagüey, Sancti Spiritu, Havana and Remedios. The house of Diego Velázquez still exists at Santiago de cuba, and currently is a museum, containing Velazquez's articles and others from the same times.
See also
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1 Peso (Hatuey)
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1 Peso (Pinzón brothers)
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1 Peso (Queen Joanna)
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1 Peso (Diego Velázquez)
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10 Pesos (Pinzón Brothers)
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10 Pesos (Hatuey)
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10 Pesos (Diego Velázquez)
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10 Pesos (Queen Joanna)
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30 Pesos (Pinzón Brothers)
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30 Pesos (Hatuey)
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30 Pesos (Queen Joanna)
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50 Pesos (Hatuey)
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50 Pesos (Queen Joanna)
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50 Pesos (Diego Velázquez)
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50 Pesos (Pinzón Brothers)
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50 Pesos (Hatuey)
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50 Pesos (Queen Joanna)
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50 Pesos (Diego Velázquez)
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50 Pesos (Pinzón Brothers)
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100 Pesos (Pinzón Brothers)
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100 Pesos (Queen Joanna)
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100 Pesos (Diego Velázquez)
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100 Pesos (Hatuey)
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 1 000 | Proof | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Bullion value: USD 219.59
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Actual silver weight: 2.997 oz
Current silver price: 73.28 USD/oz (see silver price 
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