1 Peso Cuban Trogon
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# 39733 |
| References | KM# 63 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
Cuban Trogon (Tocororo)
Series: Cuban Fauna
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
Tocororo (Cuban Trogon), date and mintmark below, circular legends: series on top, animal name on bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FAUNA CUBANA
1981
TOCORORO
Translation:
Cuban Fauna
1981
Cuban Trogon
Edge
Plain
Mint
Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, CubaComments
Tocororo is a trogon genre bird, only exists in Cuba. Is a beautiful bird, with brilliant colors, dominating white, blue and red, related to quetzals, and other similar species.
It is not possible to keep them in captivity, cause loses feathers, and soon dies; this and the colors, matching the Cuban flag, caused was pronounced national bird of Cuba.
(source Ecured.cu)
Templates for the dies used were produced at Spain
It is not possible to keep them in captivity, cause loses feathers, and soon dies; this and the colors, matching the Cuban flag, caused was pronounced national bird of Cuba.
(source Ecured.cu)
Templates for the dies used were produced at Spain
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 1981 | 
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5 000 | $ 8.30 | BU | |||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 126 Lot 2006 
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18 May 2024 | UNC |
USD 12.77
(EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 63 Lot 3722
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26 Jul 2022 | UNC |
USD 11.61
(EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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