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10 Pesos Bee Hummingbird
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Cuba's wildlife coin program of the 1990s was produced primarily for the collector export market, generating hard currency at a time when the U.S. embargo and the collapse of Soviet subsidies had gutted the island's foreign exchange reserves. The Bee Hummingbird — Mellisuga helenae — is endemic to Cuba and holds the distinction of being the smallest living bird species by mass, typically under two grams.
KM#661 is one of several fauna issues from this series sharing the same planchet specification, all struck at the Casa de Moneda under contract arrangements common to small-nation commemorative programs of that decade.