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10 Pesos Bee Hummingbird
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield divided into three sections: the upper portion bearing a golden key between two rocky promontories and the rising sun, the lower-left section displaying the Cuban national flag in diagonal stripes, and the lower-right section featuring a royal palm tree against a mountain landscape. A Phrygian cap atop a pole surmounts the shield, and the whole is flanked by sprigs of oak on the left and laurel on the right. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10 PESOS appears at the base; the silver purity designation 1 OZ and AG 0.999 flank the coat of arms in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's bee hummingbird — the world's smallest bird at roughly 6 cm and found nowhere else on earth — became a recurring subject for Cuban commemorative silver issues in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a period when the island's mint was aggressively targeting the international collector market for hard currency revenue. Following the collapse of Soviet subsidies in the early 1990s, numismatic exports became a measurable line item in Cuba's foreign exchange strategy.
KM#762 is one of several wildlife-themed pieces from this run sharing the same 31.1g/.999 specification.