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Cuban Gold 10 Peso, AU+
Jose Marti design (Minted 1915-1916)

Cuban Gold 10 Pesos Jose Marti design (1915-1916) Obverse

Cuban Gold 10 Pesos Jose Marti design (1915-1916) Reverse

Jose Marti (1853-1895)

Jose Marti (1853-1895)

We’re pleased to offer these scarce Cuban gold 10 peso coins in exceptionally nice Almost Uncirculated (AU+) condition. We’re calling them AU+ because they are extremely high grade Almost Uncirculated coins -- almost but not quite Brilliant Uncirculated. These coins are gorgeous for their condition, with shimmering mint luster.

Produced only for two years, 1915 and 1916, Cuban 10 peso gold coins are in very limited availability because of their extremely low original mintages and even lower survival rates. On the obverse is a portrait of Jose Marti, one of Cuba’s greatest poets and freedom fighters; on the reverse is the traditional shield of Cuba.

Fascinating history, ripe market
Fifty years ago Cuban gold coins were almost impossible to find in the United States. In the 1960s, refugees from Castro’s regime started to arrive with these coins as part of their life savings. Still quite scarce today, they’ve found a ready market among collectors of latin and world gold coins, who prize them for their unique history and severely limited production.

One fascinating fact about these coins is that they were actually minted by the U.S. at Philadelphia Mint on behalf of the Cuban government. In fact, the 5 peso and 10 peso Jose Marti gold coins were struck on the same gold blanks used for minting the classic U.S. $5 Indian and $10 Indian coins, giving those Cuban gold coins precisely the same specifications as their U.S. counterparts. It’s a fitting twist of history that the coins used by so many Cubans to finance their flights to freedom were actually produced by the U.S. Mint!

A generation later, many Cuban-Americans and their families, now well-established here in U.S., are buying up these unique Jose Marti gold coins as reminders of their own heritage and fight for freedom.

Jose Marti, Cuba’s greatest hero
A classic portrait of Jose Marti is featured in the coins’ design. Born in Havanna in 1853, Jose Marti is considered one of the great Hispanic writers and one of the founding fathers of a free Cuba.

Committed to the belief that freedom and justice should be the cornerstones of any government, Marti devoted his life to ending colonial rule in his homeland and died a hero in the war for Cuban independence in 1895. His writings continue to play a prominent role in resisting Marxism in Cuba and throughout Central and South America.

These unique gold coins date from a wonderful period in Cuban history, and combine beautifully with our Cuban gold 5 peso coins to make a unique and historically important set.

Because of their unusual mintage history, small original mintages, and extremely short mint run (only two years), these coins are in high demand. We expect them to sell out quickly!

  

$999.00 each!
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Cuban gold 10 pesos coins
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Design Specifications:
Minted     1915-1916
Gold content     0.48375 oz.
Size     27 mm diameter
Fineness     .900 Fine