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1 Peso Pygoplites diacanthus
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield quartered with a golden key between two rocks in the lower section, a royal palm tree on a plain in the middle, and a rising sun over the sea at the top, all enclosed within a wreath of oak leaves on the left and laurel branches on the right, surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pole. The arc legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA is inscribed along the upper periphery in Latin characters, while the denomination 1 PESO appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 PESO |
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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.