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10 Pesos Bidens Pilosa
| Issuer | Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones |
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| Year | 1997 |
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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 quarters: the upper section shows a rising sun over a seascape with a key in the foreground, the lower-left quarter bears diagonal blue and white stripes, and the lower-right quarter displays a royal palm between two mountains. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap bearing a star, and flanked by a wreath composed of oak branches to the left and laurel branches to the right, tied at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10 PESOS appears at the base; the metallic specifications 15 G and AG 0.999 are inscribed to the lower left and lower right of the shield respectively. |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof |
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Cuba's state mint produced a series of silver commemoratives throughout the 1990s targeting the foreign collector market — hard currency the revolutionary government badly needed. Bidens pilosa, the common beggarticks, is a weedy flowering plant widespread across tropical regions and used in Cuban folk medicine. Its appearance in a precious metal series reflects the broader "Flora y Fauna" collecting programs of the period rather than any particular botanical significance to the island.