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25 Pesos Bee Hummingbird
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1/4 OZ 25 PESOS AU 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1/4 ounce 25 Pesos gold 0.999) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's Bee Hummingbird series targeted the international bullion and collector market aggressively through the 1990s, with the Cuban mint leveraging the country's extraordinary endemic biodiversity at a moment when hard currency was desperately needed following the collapse of Soviet subsidies. The Special Period — Cuba's term for the economic crisis that began in 1990 — pushed state enterprises to generate foreign exchange by any available means, and numismatic exports were one of the cleaner options.
KM#692 corresponds to the half-ounce gold denomination in this wildlife series.