100 Pesos (Heroic Guerilla Fighter)

Issuer Cuba

Type Non-circulating coins

Mints Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones

Obverse

Cuban coat of arms, country name as curved legend on top, weight and fineness on sides, face value below.

Lettering: REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 OZ 100 PESOS AU 0.999

Reverse

Portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), also known as "Guerrillero Heroico", figure and portrait name as circular legend near edge, dates and mintmark below portrait.

Lettering: "GUERRILLERO HEROICO" 1967-1992 ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

Basic Information

Category Coin

Ruler Second Republic (Wikidata)

Technique Milled

Orientation coin

Demonetization Yes (Date: 1992-00-00)

Face Value 100 Pesos (Numeric: 100)

Series 25th. Anniversary of the Death of Ernesto Guevara

Engravers

Obverse Charles Edward Barber

Reverse Belisario Álvarez Collado

References

KM #570

JMA #AAEE532

Physical Characteristics

Composition Gold (.999)

Weight 31.1 g

Size 15 mm

Shape Round

Technical Details

Obverse Lettering

REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 OZ 100 PESOS AU 0.999

Reverse Lettering

"GUERRILLERO HEROICO" 1967-1992 ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

Comments

"Guerrillero Heroico" (Heroic Guerilla Fighter) is the name of the famous portrait taken by Alberto "Korda" Díaz Gutiérrez to Guevara, during the funerals of the victims of the "Le Coubre" explosion, on March 5th., 1960. This series honors the memory of Guevara on the 25th. anniversary of his death, executed at Bolivia on October 1967.

"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez "Korda"