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Cuba 20‑centavos coin, 1962
Coin
Circular brass‑colored coin. Obverse (image 1): left‑facing bust of José Martí, with the legend "PATRIA O MUERTE" arched above and the date "1962" at lower left. Reverse (image 2): the Cuban national coat of arms (shield with key, rising sun, royal palm) flanked by oak and laurel branches, with the legend "REPÚBLICA DE CUBA" above and the denomination "VEINTE CENTAVOS" below. Beaded/dentil border both sides.
2025.2.7
Anna Veltfort brought it to the US either when she moved back in 1971 or when she visited Cuba in the 2000s.
Anna Veltfort collection
2025.2
Anna Veltfort
Gift
1962
1960s
Maker: State issue of the Republic of Cuba (first revolutionary coinage, 1962); struck at an external mint, not identified. No mintmark. Leningrad (USSR) or Kremnica (Czechoslovakia) are the likely candidates but unconfirmed for the 1962 issue.
Coat of arms
REPUBLICA DE CUBA, VEINTE CENTAVOS
Jose Martí pictured in center of coin
PATRIA O MUERTE
Fatherland or death
Reeding
Banco Nacional de Cuba
Cuban Peso
0.20
2.5 cm
6.4 g
Copper-nickel
Materials: Copper‑nickel, 6.4 g, 24 mm (KM# 31) — per catalog. Technique: Machine‑struck (milled) circulating coin.
Good
Anna Veltfort
owner
Banco Nacional de Cuba
producer
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
New York City
New York
U.S.A.
North America
preservation
In Munista: "This coin shares the design of the 1953 issue, but without the 100th anniversary legend, that was replaced for the motto "PATRIA O MUERTE", and also was erased the star to left of Marti. On obverse is shown the regular Cuban coat of arms."
1962 was the first year of revolutionary Cuban coinage. From 1963 Cuba's coins were struck at Kremnica and Leningrad; mint attribution for the transitional 1962 issue isn't established in the sources consulted.