Cuba's Flora del Caribe series emerged from the Special Period — the severe economic contraction following the Soviet collapse — when the island's state mint pivoted aggressively toward collector coinage as a hard-currency earner. Turnera ulmifolia, a weedy pioneer plant common across disturbed tropical soils from the Caribbean to coastal Brazil, is an unusual choice for numismatic commemoration: it is botanically unremarkable and practically a roadside weed in much of its range.
KM#620 is one of several nickel clad steel issues in the series struck for circulation-quality collector sets sold abroad, not for domestic use.
Cuba's Flora del Caribe series emerged from the Special Period — the severe economic contraction following the Soviet collapse — when the island's state mint pivoted aggressively toward collector coinage as a hard-currency earner. Turnera ulmifolia, a weedy pioneer plant common across disturbed tropical soils from the Caribbean to coastal Brazil, is an unusual choice for numismatic commemoration: it is botanically unremarkable and practically a roadside weed in much of its range.
KM#620 is one of several nickel clad steel issues in the series struck for circulation-quality collector sets sold abroad, not for domestic use.