500 Pesos (Heroic Guerilla Fighter) 1992 front 500 Pesos (Heroic Guerilla Fighter) 1992 back
500 Pesos (Heroic Guerilla Fighter) 1992 photo
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500 Pesos Heroic Guerilla Fighter

1992 year
Gold (.999) 155.5 g 60 mm
Description
Issuer
Cuba
Period
Second Republic (1959-date)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
1992
Value
500 Pesos (500&nbspCUP)
Currency
Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition
Gold (.999)
Weight
155.5 g
Diameter
60 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized
1992
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#257941
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), also known as "Guerrillero Heroico", figure and portrait name as circular legend near edge, dates and mintmark below portrait.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
"GUERRILLERO HEROICO"
1967-1992
ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

Translation:
"Heroic Guerilla Fighter"
1967 - 1992
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Engraver: Belisario Álvarez Collado

Designer: Irene Sierra Carreño

Edge

Reeded

Comment

"Guerrillero Heroico" (Heroic Guerilla Fighter) is the name of the famous portrait taken by Alberto "Korda" Díaz Gutiérrez to Guevara, during the funerals of the victims of the "Le Coubre" explosion, on March 5th., 1960.

This series honors the memory of Guevara on the 25th. anniversary of his death, executed at Bolivia on October 1967.


"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez "Korda"

Interesting fact

The 1992 Cuban 500 Pesos coin, also known as the "Heroic Guerilla Fighter" coin, features an image of Che Guevara on its obverse side.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1992  30 - - - - - -

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