Cuban One Centavos Series from 1915-1958 Struck by the Philadelphia Mint
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Most complete date runs in U.S. coinage may not be budget friendly in uncirculated grades. The Cuban One Centavo complete date run was minted over a span of more than 40 years and can be completed in uncirculated grades without breaking the bank. Eight dates were minted for circulation: 1915, 1916, 1920, 1938, 1943, 1946, 1953, and 1958. After Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government in 1959, the United States stopped minting coins for Cuba in 1961 and the 5 centavos was the last coin struck in Philadelphia.
From 1915 through 1938, in 1946, and in 1958, Cuban centavos were struck in copper-nickel, which is a mixture of 75% copper and 25% nickel. The amounts of metal may vary, and sometimes impurities can show up in this metal mixture as brown streaks. One reason copper-nickel has been used is for its durability. The metal is also a cheaper alternative to silver and has non-allergic properties. Newly minted copper-nickel coins are truly among the most beautiful in terms of luster and eye-appeal. However, once copper-nickel coins pass through circulation for long periods of time, most characteristics of a newly minted coin will have been stripped away, often leaving a coin with less eye appeal.
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Great article, and collecting them would be fun - if it was easy to find them. You sure cannot use that online fleamarket to find them since they "embargo" anything and everything from Cuba - no matter the time period the piece was issued.