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100 Pesos First Joint Space Flight
1980 year| Gold (.917) | 12 g | 26 mm |
| Issuer | Cuba |
|---|---|
| Period | Second Republic (1959-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Year | 1980 |
| Value | 100 Pesos (100 CUP) |
| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 12 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1980 |
| Updated | 2024-10-04 |
| Numista | N#109947 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Space station Saliut 6 orbiting earth. Date and mintmark below, circular legends: countries names on top, with a 5-pointed star in a circle between, commemorated event on bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
URSS ★ CUBA
1980
PRIMER VUELO ESPACIAL CONJUNTO
Translation:
URSS Cuba
1980
First Joint Space Flight
Edge
Reeded
Comment
The Cuban Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez was the first Latin American in a space crew in the history. He and the Russian Yuri Romanenko successfully completed the mission Soyuz 38 docking to Orbital Station Saliut 6, performing several experiments, in the range of medicine, biologic, physics and psychic areas.(source: www.ecured.cu)
Templates used for dies were produced at Spain.
Interesting fact
The 100 Pesos (First Joint Space Flight) 1980 coin from Cuba is interesting because it commemorates the first joint space flight between the Soviet Union and Cuba, which took place in 1975. The coin features an image of the two spacecraft, one from each country, docked together in space. This coin is a unique representation of the collaboration between the two nations in the field of space exploration.
Price
| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1000 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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