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1 Peso International Year of the Forest - FAO
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA ★ 1 PESO ★ (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1 Peso) |
| Reverse description | The central field depicts a naturalistic forest scene featuring a grouping of trees, prominently including a Royal Palm, beneath which two human figures seek shelter. The circular legend arcs around the upper and lower periphery, with the FAO attribution and event designation AÑO INTERNACIONAL DEL BOSQUE appearing along the lower arc, and the conservation motto EL BOSQUE ES VIDA, CUIDALO occupying the upper arc. The year 1985 is inscribed to the left within the design. The composition underscores the FAO-sponsored conservation theme of the International Year of the Forest. |
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Cuba's FAO commemorative series of the 1980s was produced largely for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, issued during a period when hard currency was scarce and numismatic exports offered a modest but real revenue stream for the Cuban state. The 1985 International Year of the Forest designation came from the FAO's broader push to document and publicize tropical deforestation — a concern Cuba had particular reason to engage with, having lost the majority of its original forest cover to sugar cultivation over the preceding two centuries.