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1 Peso Caribbean Fauna - Swallowtail Butterfly
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms is depicted centrally, featuring a shield divided into three sections with a royal palm, a rising sun over mountains, and the blue-and-white striped national symbol, surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pole and flanked by sprigs of laurel and oak. The denomination '1 PESO' appears in the lower field. The legend 'REPUBLICA DE CUBA' arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Additional information |
Cuba's Caribbean Fauna series ran through the mid-1990s as a hard-currency collector program — pieces were sold abroad for foreign exchange the domestic economy desperately needed following the Soviet subsidy collapse. These coins were never intended to circulate on the island.