| Descripción del anverso |
The note is printed in black on plain paper with the issuer's title, "La República de Cuba," arched across the top in bold letterpress type, flanked by the numeral "1" at each upper corner. The central text body carries the full bearer obligation legend in Spanish, identifying the Junta Central Republicana de Cuba y Puerto Rico as the obligating authority, with the denomination "UN PESO" set in large display type at center. The document is dated New York, August 17, 1869, and bears a manuscript hand-signature, with a small circular vignette at the upper left. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
Reverse is blank, with no printed design, text, or ornamentation. |
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The Junta Central Republicana de Cuba y Puerto Rico was not a government — it was a revolutionary body operating in exile, primarily from New York, in support of the Cuban uprising that began with the Grito de Yara in October 1868. These notes were issued as a funding mechanism for the insurrection, not as a functioning circulating currency backed by any treasury or banking institution. The practical reach of such instruments was limited to sympathizers and émigré networks.
Printing in New York placed production well beyond Spanish colonial enforcement. Whether these notes saw meaningful use inside Cuba during the Ten Years' War remains genuinely uncertain.