10 Pesos First Voyage of Columbus

Reverse

Map of Great Antilles, including the islands visited by Columbus on his first trip to America, with dotted line indicating itinerary. Islands show old and current names, always on former writing style.
Event name as curved legends on top and below, year of the event above, issue date with mintmark, and compass on center left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PRIMER VIAJE DE COLON
1492
SAN SALVADOR
GVANAHANI
STA MARIA CONCEPCION
RVM CAY
JVANA FERNANDINA ISABELA
CVBA LONG ISLAND CROOKED
BABEQVE
GRAN INAGUA
1990
TORTVGA
MAR LA ESPAÑOLA
CARIBE
V CENTENARIO

Translation:
First Columbus trip
1492
San Salvador
Guanahani
St. Mary Conception
Rhum Cay
Joanna Ferdinandine Elizabeth
Cuba Long Island Crooked
Babeque
Great Inagua
1990
Turtle
Sea The Spanish
Caribs
5th. Centenary

Engraver: Belisario Álvarez Collado

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Columbus discovered Cuba on his first trip to Americas, where he found several islands, First arrived to a island of the Bahamas, that was named by Columbus as "San Salvador" (Saint Saver, as it saved from a revolt of the sailors), and was known by natives as "Guanahani". This island keeps its Spanish name, in spite most of the other islands have English names.
On October 27th., 1492, by night, they reached Cuba, but stayed on board till next day, 28/10, that is the official date of Cuba's discovery. Columbus named Cuba as "Juana" after the Spanish monarchs' second daughter, in spite he thought was Japan (known as "Cipango" at that time). The name given by natives to the island was "Colba", that turned into Cuba after.
Finally Columbus understood it was not Cipango, and continued his trip, discovering later the island that named "La Española" (The Spanish), currently shared by Haiti and Dominican Republic.

VARIANTS:
There are two obverse variants: the older style, where the coat of arms has plain strips on left side, and the wreath is thin; and the newer one where the strips are reeded and the wreath is thick.


Detail of variant KM# 267.1 on left; KM# 267.2 on right.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1990	10000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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