30 Pesos 1992

Weight

93.3 g

Diameter

50 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver (.999)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Reeded.

Technique

Milled

Front design

Cuban coat of arms, country name as curved legend on top, face value below, weight and fineness on sides, rope design close to edge on half top, native design on half lower.

Back design

Half figure of Bartolomé de las Casas writing, event and year as curved legend on half top, native pattern on lower half, figure name as curved legend below image, issue date and mintmark on left.

Year of Minting

1992

Ruling authority

Second Republic (1959-date)

Mint location

Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones , Havana, Cuba

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Coin alignment ↑↓

Inscriptions

Obverse: REPUBLICA DE CUBA 3 OZ 30 PESOS AG 0.999 Reverse: ★ V CENTENARIO 1492 ★ 1992 FRAY BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS

Context

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th-century Spanish landowner, friar, priest, and bishop, famed as a historian and social reformer. He arrived to La Española as a layman then became a Dominican friar and priest. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed 'Protector of the Indians'. His extensive writings, the most famous being 'A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies' and 'Historia de Las Indias' (History of the Indies), chronicle the first decades of colonization of the West Indies. He described the atrocities committed by the colonizers against the indigenous peoples.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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