1916 Cuba 5 Peso Gold NGC AU58 GSA

1916 Cuba Gold 5 Pesos — Struck in Philadelphia!

Following America’s victory over Spain during the Spanish American War of 1898, Cuba was freed from Spanish control. However, it had no national mint to strike its new native coinage. So, for two years only — in 1915 and 1916 — the Philadelphia Mint struck Gold Pesos for Cuba using the very same planchets that the Mint used to strike U.S. gold coins!

Struck in highly pure 90% fine gold with the image of one of Cuba’s most revered freedom fighters, José Martí, these coins were quickly hoarded by banks and wealthy Cubans. Their limited mintages (only 1,132,000 of this Gold 5 Pesos coin was struck in 1916) meant that few actually ever entered circulation or ended up in the pockets of the Cuban people. But those that did have them often used them to fund their flight to the United States when Fidel Castro brought communism to Cuba in 1959.

The 1916 Cuba 5 Peso Gold coins available here have been certified by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as having come from the famous Government Services Administration (GSA) sale. You can secure yours in About Uncirculated-58 (AU58) condition still with nearly all of its mint luster still present. We have only a few of these coins available, so hurry and order now!

• CUBAN COINS STRUCK IN THE UNITED STATES – These coins were struck at the United States “Mother Mint” in Philadelphia for circulation in Cuba following the America’s victory in the Spanish-American War. Cuba’s hero José Martí is featured om the obverse while the Cuban Coat of Arms is shown on the reverse.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE GOLD – Each 1916 Cuba 5 Peso was struck in 8.35 grams of highly pure 90% fine gold on the same planchets the U.S. Mint used to strike America’s gold coins.
• LEGAL TENDER IN CUBA – These coins were 5 Peso legal tender in Cuba and measure 21.6 mm in diameter—the same size as a U.S. $5 Gold Half Eagle.
• NICE ABOUT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 1916 Cuba 5 Peso coin comes graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation in About Uncirculated-58 (AU58) condition.

A legal-tender Cuban gold coin struck in America? It’s true! And you can get it now with this 1916 Cuba Gold 5 Peso graded by NGC in About Uncirculated (AU58) condition and certified as having come from the Government Services Administration (GSA) sale.