Country:

Cuba

Series:

1902~1961 - 1st Republic

Catalog codes:

Colnect codes CU-000004
World Coins km30

Variants:

2

Themes:

Geometric Shapes | Heroes | Journalists | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Philosophers | Politics | Professors | Stars

Issued on:

1958

Last issue date:

1958

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

United States Mint, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Composition:

Copper-Nickel

Edge:

Plain/smooth

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

2.5 grams

Diameter:

16.8 mm

Thickness:

1.5 mm

Face value:

1 ¢ - Cuban centavo

Known mintage:

50,000,000

Composition Details:

75% copper, 25% nickel

Score:

38% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: A 5-pointed star on a triangular shield
between (top, weight & composition details) 2.5 G. 250 M.
(value, left) 1 (right) c. (Centavo)
legend: (above, state name) REPUBLICA DE CUBA
(bottom, motto) PATRIA Y LIBERTAD
Back: Bust national hero José Julián Martí Pérez (left)
* 28 January 1853, Havana, Spanish Cuba
⚭(20 December 1877) Carmen Zayas Bazan
† 19 May 1895 (aged 42) Dos Ríos, Spanish Cuba
with (year) left of chin
legend: none
Designer: Esteban Valderama
Edge: P – plain, type: Π