Mis inicios en la numismática [My beginnings in numismatics]
Hello, friends. A while ago I found several coins and decided to start collecting them. At the moment I don't have many, but I would like to show you the ones I have.
The first Cuban coin minted came out of the Philadelphia House machines at 2:17 in the afternoon on March 9, 1915, a 10-cent coin. Shortly after, our currency began to circulate along with the Spanish pesetas, the French louis and the northern "quarters".
Photo 1: These are copies of 1 (2013 and 2019), 2 (1985), 5 (1946, 1960 and 2020) and 20 (2021) cents. I don't understand why a 5-cent coin was printed in 2020 and a 1-cent coin in 2019 when they were practically out of use for several years.
Photo 2: 20 cent coin that has a printing error since it does not have the year minted. It could be considered false. Before the monetary reorganization that occurred in Cuba in 2021, with two copies of this, the vast majority of public transportation was paid for.
Photo 3: These coins are also 20 cents. These are not suitable for use on the public telephone. The computer does not recognize them and returns it to you. These coins weigh approximately twice as much as the other 20-cent coins.
Photo 4: Sample of the 2 examples of existing 1 peso coins. I don't know if the same thing happens with the one that bears the image of José Martí (National Apostle) in public telephony as with the 20 cent coins that bear his image.
Photo 5: In the image you can see 3 copies of 1 cent with the image of José Martí. The two below were minted in 1958 and the one above was the commemorative edition of the centenary of the birth of said hero of our country.
All the above copies correspond to the National Currency or Cuban Peso (CUP), which is the only one in force; But until January 2021, there was another currency, the Convertible Cuban Peso (CUC), and both circulated on the Island. The CUC was introduced in the country in 1994, to facilitate currency transactions with its own monetary sign. Below are the CUC coins I have.
Photo 6: 1 cent copy from 2016 showing an image of the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana. Two 5-cent coins (2004 and 2013) with the facade of a colonial house. A 10-cent coin illustrating the Castillo de la Real Fuerza in the capital.
Photo 7: Three coins of 25 cents each (2008 and 2018), showing the beautiful city of Trinidad in Santi Spíritus.
Thank you for reading. I hope you found it informative.