1 Peso Máximo Gómez

Reverse

Portrait of Máximo Gómez facing, date and mintmark on left; circular legends: figure name on top, event name on bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MAXIMO GOMEZ
1977
★ CARGA AL MACHETE ★

Translation:
Maximo Gomez
1977
Attack with machete

Edge

Plain

Comment

Máximo Gomez (1836-1905) Was a Cuban hero born at Dominican Republic who fought against Spanish forces in the first independence war.
On October 26th., 1868 he guided Cuban troops against Spanish, and attacked using machetes (long knife with wide blade used to cut sugarcane), since most of them were country workers. The use of machete revealed to be a very effective weapon, because of his effectivity, and mainly for it caused panic in the Spanish troops, visually much bigger than swords, and by its sound.


(source: http://www.granma.cu)

Templates used for the dies were produced in Spain.

Interesting fact

The 1977 Cuban 1 Peso coin featuring Máximo Gómez is interesting because it was minted during a time of economic and political change in Cuba. The coin was issued in the year that Fidel Castro's government introduced a new economic system, known as the "Socialist Orientation Model," which aimed to increase agricultural and industrial production and reduce the country's dependence on the Soviet Union. Additionally, 1977 was the 100th anniversary of Máximo Gómez's birth, who was a prominent figure in Cuba's struggle for independence and is featured on the coin as a symbol of national pride.

• north america
• early modern
• modern
• spanish colony