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1 Peso Pygoplites diacanthus
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 12.7 g |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, full-colour enamel depiction of a Pygoplites diacanthus (regal angelfish) is shown in profile, swimming to the right against a stylised coral reef background rendered in pink and orange tones. The fish displays its characteristic alternating vertical white and orange stripes edged in blue, with a distinctive dark-tipped dorsal fin and a blue-masked head. The curved legend PECES TROPICALES arcs along the upper periphery, while the scientific name PYGOPLITES DIACANTHUS is inscribed along the lower arc, both in Latin script. The date 2005 and a small mint mark appear in the lower central field beneath the fish. |
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| Mintage | 2005 |
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Part of Cuba's long-running marine life series, this issue belongs to a program that began in the 1990s and leaned heavily on collector export revenue at a time when the U.S. dollar was effectively legal tender on the island and domestic peso circulation was largely irrelevant to everyday commerce. These pieces were never intended to pass through Cuban hands in any transactional sense.
Pygoplites diacanthus, the regal angelfish, inhabits Indo-Pacific reefs — notably absent from Cuban waters entirely.