CUBA 

KM 31

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
 20 centavos 24.2 6.4   Reeded Copper-Nickel Coin
Obverse Reverse
The title of state "Republic of Cuba" on the upper arch, denomination in words "Twenty centavos" on the lower one in Spanish", coat of arms in the center.

Legend "MOTHERLAND or DEATH".  Bust of J. Marti left in the center. On the left - the year of minting.

José Julián Martí Pérez (1853 - 1895) was a leader of the Cuban independence movement as well as an esteemed poet and writer.