a gold coin with the image of a woman and a man on it
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CUBA - CUBA Socialist Republic (since 1959). 500 pesos (5 ounces), 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in 1492, burnished flan (PROOF) ND (1992), Key, Havana. Obverse: V CENTENARIO * 1492 * REYES DE ESPANA. Pair of side-by-side busts on the left: Isabella and Ferdinand, and Philip and Joanna; behind (mint mark). Reverse: REPUBLICA DE CUBA / 5 0Z 500 PESOS AU 0.999. Within a wreath formed of an oak branch and a laurel branch, a shield bearing the coat of arms of the Republic. KM.386; Gold – 155.5 g – 60 mm – 6 h Top Pop: this is the finest graded specimen! NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO (2096667-001). On a burnished (PROOF) blank, with only 15 copies struck! With an intense cameo effect (ULTRA CAMEO). Mint condition. Based on a design by Elena Delgado Álvarez and engraved by Belisario Álvarez Collado. Minted by the Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, in Havana. This spectacular coin commemorates the monarchs who reigned during the discovery and early years of the New World: Ferdinand V of Aragon ‘the Catholic’, Isabella I of Castile ‘the Catholic’, Philip I of Castile and the Netherlands, and Joanna of Castile and Aragon * Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, transposed into national law with effect from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot. * Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, successful bidders from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot * Country of origin under embargo; delivery to the United States is not possible. * Country of origin under embargo; delivery to the United States is not possible. https://d10dakqizeg4uw.cloudfront.net/VAE19/1069.mp4
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