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10 Pesos Zanclus canescens
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos (10 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting the shield quartered with a key, a royal palm, and rising sun motifs, surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pole, and flanked by sprigs of oak and laurel crossed below. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised Latin capitals. The denomination 10 PESOS appears in the lower field, with the weight specification 15G to the left and the silver fineness AG 0.925 to the right, both positioned at the mid-field flanking the arms. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vivid polychrome enamel depiction of a Moorish idol (Zanclus canescens) rendered in naturalistic detail, its characteristic bold black-and-white banded body with pale blue highlights occupying the central field, facing left with a small yellow snout detail. Green and brown coral formations are depicted to the right in enamel. The curved legend PECES TROPICALES arcs along the upper left periphery, while the scientific name ZANCLUS CANESCENS is inscribed in italicised letters along the lower periphery. The date 2005 appears in small characters in the lower central field. |
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This piece belongs to Cuba's long-running fish and marine life series, issued through the early 2000s primarily for the collector export market rather than domestic circulation. Hard currency was effectively banned for ordinary Cubans under the dual-currency system then in force, and these silver commemoratives were priced and distributed exclusively through international dealers and state-run currency shops catering to tourists.
KM#817 is a low-mintage collector issue with no meaningful circulation history.