1 Peso Sugar Cane

Features

Issuer	Cuba
Period	Second Republic (1959-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1981
Value	1 Peso (1 CUP)
Currency	Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	11.3 g
Diameter	29.9 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1981
Number	N# 39732
References	KM# 59 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , JMA# AAEE079 José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba = The Coin of Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Havana, Cuba.

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Commemorative issue

Sugar Production

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms, country name on top, face value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
★ 1 PESO ★

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
1 Peso

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Landscape of a sugar plantation, machine, and sugar refinery on the background. Issue date an mintmark on right, Product name on bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DIA MUNDIAL DE LA ALIMENTACION
1981
AZUCAR

Translation:
World Food day
1981
Sugar

Designer: Luis Rodríguez García-Casariego

Edge

Plain

Mint

Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba

Comments

Sugar cane was introduced to Cuba on late 16th. century and it developed fast. Cuba became 1st. world producer of sugar on 18th. and 19th. centuries, and now is the second main production resource.

Source: http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2017/02/28/produce-cuba-mas-de-un-millon-de-toneladas-de-azucar/#.WfB6g4jxDB8

This coin is from Series I for FAO, with World Food Day theme, continued on 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995 and 1996 with other FAO themes.

Templates for dies were produced at Spain.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1981			10 000					$ 8.30	$ 8.30	$ 8.30		BU

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Past sales

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	Katz Auction 194 Lot 1982	15 May 2026	UNC	USD 9.29 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 131 Lot 3484	26 Jun 2024	UNC	USD 11.61 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 126 Lot 2002	18 May 2024	UNC	USD 12.77 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 123 Lot 1913	27 Apr 2024	UNC	USD 12.77 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 101 Lot 2594	18 Nov 2023	UNC	USD 9.29 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 77 Lot 1256	11 Feb 2023	UNC	USD 8.13 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 2835	27 Feb 2026		USD 11.61 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 171 Lot 3367	10 Oct 2025		Unsold
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