20 Centavos


Aluminium (aluminium 97.15%, magnesium 2.5%, manganese 0.35%)	2 g	24 mm

Description

Issuer	Cuba
Period	Second Republic (1959-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1969-2021
Value	20 Centavos 0.20 CUP = USD 0.0078
Currency	Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition	Aluminium (aluminium 97.15%, magnesium 2.5%, manganese 0.35%)
Weight	2 g
Diameter	24 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated	2024-10-04

References

Numista	N#2859
Rarity index	6%

Reverse

Value in Roman numerals in circle over a five-pointed star, motto "Fatherland or Death" as curved legend on top, date on excergue`, line of denticles close to rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PATRIA O MUERTE
XX
• 2006 •

Translation:
Fatherland or Death
XX (20)
2006

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Edge

Plain

Comment

KM# 35.1 was minted ad Kremnica
KM# 35.2 was minted at Havana
N/D KM# 35.2 was minted at Havana

NOTE: N/D Issue is believed to be minted from a dies trial, by mistake, a certain quantity of coins was added to bags sent to circulation, but it is not known the year when it happened, nor the quantity of circulating coins.
Data given on Krause catalog is wrong, cause this series of coins (KM# 35.2) started being minted at Havana minthouse on 2002. Krause gives minting year of N/D coin as 1980; it does not make sense to mint a trial 22 years before of first issue.
Also on last edition of Krause are listed KM# 35.1 issues 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, which is wrong, cause these years only were minted at Havana; KM# 35.1 variant was only minted at Kremnica (new dies were produced to mint at Havana, with differences that caused the variant KM# 35.2); please note the picture shown at Krause is the 1969 issue.