3 Pesos Che Guevara

Features

Issuer	Cuba
Issuing bank	National Bank of Cuba
Period	Second Republic (1959-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Years	1990-1992
Value	3 Pesos 3 CUP = USD 0.12
Currency	Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (Copper 75%, Nickel 25%)
Weight	9 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	2.0 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 8602
References	KM# 346 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , JMA# 98 José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba = The Coin of Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Havana, Cuba. , Schön# C34 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Ernesto Che Guevara

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms, Country name as curved legend on top, face value in letters as curved legend on bottom. Line of beads close to rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
TRES PESOS

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
Three Pesos

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Ernesto "Che" Guevara Portrait, motto "Patria o Muerte" as curved legend on top, date on excergue, line of beads close to rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PATRIA O MUERTE
1990

Translation:
Homeland or death
1990

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date)

Comments

Image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara reproduces the photography "Guerrillero Heroico" (Guerilla Hero), taken by Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez "Korda" during the funerals of the victims of the explosion of "Le Coubre" vessel. On this event Fidel Castro gave the speech named "Patria o Muerte", that shows in this coin and many others.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1990	4 050 000	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 2.30	$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 3.60	JMA# 98 José María Aledón; 1999. La moneda de Cuba = The Coin of Cuba. Dobler Difusiones, Havana, Cuba.		90%
1992	500						$ 160		Proof	12%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2024 December 29 Modern World Coins Showcase Auction 65184 Lot 99118	29 Dec 2024	1990 – JMA# 98	UNC (NGC MS67)	USD 276.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions 2020 March 29 The El Don Diego Luna Collection World Coins Month-long Online Auction 61155 Lot 97266	29 Mar 2020	1990 – JMA# 98	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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	Heritage Auctions 2024 February 25 Modern World Coins Showcase Auction 65174 Lot 99046	25 Feb 2024	1992 – Proof	UNC (NGC PR67 Cameo)	USD 159.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 101 Lot 2609	18 Nov 2023	1992 – Proof	UNC	USD 156.87 (EUR 136.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232032 Lot 61310	5 Aug 2020	1992 – Proof	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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