Cuba 25 Centavos ND (1988) Carlos J. Finlay KM# 360 mintage 250 pcs. VERY RARE

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Country Cuba 

Type Non circulating coin

Year 1988

Value 25 Centavos (0.25 CUP)

Metal Copper-nickel

Weight 6.3 g

Diameter 24 mm

Shape Round

Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓

Demonetized 1988

References KM# 360

Commemorative issue

155th. anniversary of Finlay's Birth.

Obverse

National arms within wreath, denomination below

Lettering: 

* REPUBLICA DE CUBA *

25 CENTAVOS

Reverse

Bust at right looking left, in background landscape

dates below

Lettering: 

CARLOS J. FINLAY

1833-1988

Engraver: Belisario Alvarez Collado

Edge Smooth

Comments

Carlos J. Finlay (born Juan Carlos Finlay) was a cuban physician and biologist, who discovered and described the transmition of the yellow fever thru the mosquito "Aedes Aegitpti".

His method to fight the disease, erradicated it from Cuba in only 7 months, and allowed the completion of the Panama Channel.

Cuba government stated the prize "Carlos J. Finlay" that UNESCO grants every 2 years to investigators on microbiology themes (inmunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.), that outstandingly contribute to health.

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