Cuba: Mint errors?

I came across these two cuban coins and was trying to determine if they are mint errors.

I found a forum post which seemed to suggest that its quite common to see mint errors with the 10c coin, but i couldnt find any examples when searching around

10c - Year looks like a double strike?


1 peso - Peso text looks thicker than it should be
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2604.html


I dont come across many cuban coins, so was curious.

Thanks
AJ

Very common. Almost all of these Cuban coins have some sort of error.

They certainly look poorly made.
probably, every one is slightly different...

wow, I don't come across many Cuban coins, the ones that I had seemed good, so sounds like the perfect ones are rarer and more valuable ;)

Thanks for the feedback, I hadn't realised Cuban coins mint errors were so common.

Hi

I'm from Cuba and I see these coins every day, and yes the error rate is huge. Sometimes it seems like hand made coins. LOL
I keep some coins with very remarkable error, like an almost entire flat face.
I can send some pictures to you if you want. The error are way more frequent in 5 and 10 cents coins. 25, 50 and 1 CUC coins are better but the error are pretty usual to be seen too.
It happens more in the Convertible Cuban Peso. The National Cuban Peso has some quality, even when the value of the currency is 25 less than CUC.

BR

Quote: "cabrera87"​Hi
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​I'm from Cuba and I see these coins every day, and yes the error rate is huge. Sometimes it seems like hand made coins. LOL
​I keep some coins with very remarkable error, like an almost entire flat face.
​I can send some pictures to you if you want. The error are way more frequent in 5 and 10 cents coins. 25, 50 and 1 CUC coins are better but the error are pretty usual to be seen too.
​It happens more in the Convertible Cuban Peso. The National Cuban Peso has some quality, even when the value of the currency is 25 less than CUC.
​
​BR

​Hello, welcome to this forum! I would like to see any photos you would share.

Hi below some examples of 5cents CUC of different years.
Later i can post some pics of 10cents also.
BR

wow, it does look to be quite common, thanks for sharing pictures :)

Yes, you’re right.. Cuban coins have many mint errors.. The error rate is so high that it’s almost impossible to differentiate varieties.

hand made - yes. It is quite interesting, almost takes us back to the time of hammered coins, where each one is unique.
To now, I have only collected pre-revolutionary Cuban coins - that is to say, those minted in Philadelphia. But now - i know a shop where there is a big box of contemporary Cubans, and i might have to take another look.

See this one:

I got this one 

Hi folks. I was doing a world coin hunt recently and pulled a Cuba 1 Peso from 2007 (Guama Ville). The quality is good, much better than those shown above, however this coin was minted by the Canadian Mint, so surprised to see my issue… it's a rotation error. The coin should be “coin alignment”, so flip it north/south, rather than east/west (like a medal). However if you flip the coin the reverse is then 90 degrees out. (similar to the UK Benjamin Bunny rotation error). Any ideas if this is a normal (or known) “error” as I can't find anything about it online, other than the quality issues? I can't really post images because it wouldn't convey the problem. Thanks.

LesTurner68

Hi folks. I was doing a world coin hunt recently and pulled a Cuba 1 Peso from 2007 (Guama Ville). The quality is good, much better than those shown above, however this coin was minted by the Canadian Mint, so surprised to see my issue… it's a rotation error. The coin should be “coin alignment”, so flip it north/south, rather than east/west (like a medal). However if you flip the coin the reverse is then 90 degrees out. (similar to the UK Benjamin Bunny rotation error). Any ideas if this is a normal (or known) “error” as I can't find anything about it online, other than the quality issues? I can't really post images because it wouldn't convey the problem. Thanks.

1994 issue was the first for Convertible Peso, and was minted at Royal Canadian Mint; they created them as most of British coins, with medal rotation. The quality of production is good.

 

The rest of issues were minted at Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, and their quality standards are much lower than RCM; ECA usually create coin rotation coins, and I think they use each die much more than other minthouses, causing to produce coins with many die errors (broke, worn, filled, etc.).

 

Now about your coin, 90° rotation, as I know it must be scarce, I never seen one, and there is no mention to this misalignment on any catalog or article on Internet.

adanieluy

 

1994 issue was the first for Convertible Peso, and was minted at Royal Canadian Mint; they created them as most of British coins, with medal rotation. The quality of production is good.

 

The rest of issues were minted at Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, and their quality standards are much lower than RCM; ECA usually create coin rotation coins, and I think they use each die much more than other minthouses, causing to produce coins with many die errors (broke, worn, filled, etc.).

 

Now about your coin, 90° rotation, as I know it must be scarce, I never seen one, and there is no mention to this misalignment on any catalog or article on Internet.

Thanks. I've revisited the coin several times, and the rotation is a little over 90 degrees out. Below is a link to the video I did ages ago (I thought it was more recent!!). The coin appears at the 12 minute mark and I show the possible rotation error. I'd be interested in any further enlightenment you might have on it. Thanks again. 

 

https://youtu.be/6Rqq5bvezxI

As I can see in the video, rotation is about 45°, not 90°; that's more un common, as I think.

adanieluy

As I can see in the video, rotation is about 45°, not 90°; that's more un common, as I think.

Smashing thanks. More uncommon than rare… I'll take it! Certainly one for my oddities pot! Thanks 👍