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1 Peso Spotted Eagle Ray
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a shield divided into three sections displaying a royal palm, a rising sun over a key, and three blue and white stripes, surmounted by the Phrygian cap on a pole and flanked by an oak branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right, with two fasces below. The curved legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed in the lower field beneath the shield. |
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| Reverse description | A Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) is depicted in left-facing profile, rendered in colorized detail against a plain field, capturing the distinctive spotted dorsal surface and elongated pectoral fins characteristic of the species. The curved legend FAUNA DEL CARIBE arcs along the upper periphery, while the inscription OBISPO and the date 1994 appear in the lower left portion of the field, accompanied by the mint mark. |
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Cuba's 1994 fauna series was produced specifically for the collector export market, generating hard currency at a time when the collapse of Soviet subsidies had plunged the island into the "Special Period in Time of Peace" — a prolonged economic crisis that gutted food supplies and fuel imports simultaneously. These colorized issues were never intended for domestic circulation and were sold primarily through European numismatic distributors.
The nickel-plated steel substrate with applied color was an economical production choice for a mint operating under severe resource constraints.