CUBA - COMPLETE PROOF TYPES (NON GOLD) 1915 - 1953

Set Description
THE PROOF SPECIMENS IN THIS GROUP REPRESENT ALL KNOWN BRIGHT AND MATTE PROOF SPECIMENS STRUCK BY THE PHILADEPHIA MINT FOR CUBA DURING THE FIRST REPUBLIC PERIOD (1902 - 1958.) THE 1920 BRIGHT SILVER PROOF SET IS UNIQUE BUT MISSING THE ALSO UNIQUE CuNi 1C AND 5C THAT BELONG IN THIS PROOF SET.
RECENT INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CUBAN SOURCES, RAISES THE INTRIGUING POSSIBILITY THAT THE MATTE PROOF COINAGE OF 1952 AND 1953 (BOTH ARE COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES) WERE THE PRODUCT OF EXPERIMENTS BY THE BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA USING OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS AS SHOWN IN THE 1953 COIN HOLDER INDICATING (MUESTRA).
THE 1952 MATTE PROOF IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE (ONLY TWO SETS STRUCK) AND THE 1953 MATTE PROOF IS ALSO EXCEEDINGLY RARE (ONLY FOUR SETS KNOWN.) THE DISCOVERY OF A UNIQUE 1953 SAND BLAST FINISH MATTE SPECIMEN STRUCK AT THE PHILADELPHIA MINT, IS POSSIBLY A SAND BLAST EXPERIMENTAL ISSUE DONE IN CUBA BY THE BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA USING OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS SINCE THE BANK WAS NOT SET UP TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.

Set Goals
TO OBTAIN GEM MUSEUM QUALITY PROOF SPECIMENS STRUCK IN EVERY DENOMINATION AND YEAR.