Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
|---|---|
| Year | 1905 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Pre-Republic (1870-1898) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Banco Nacional de Cuba National Bank of Cuba EL BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA PRESENTACIÓN EN SU OFICINA DE LA CIUDAD DE LA HABANA LA CANTIDAD DE 1 1 UN PESO EN ORO DEL CUÑO ESPAÑOL (Translation: National Bank of Cuba National Bank of Cuba The National Bank of Cuba will pay to the bearer, on its presentation at office on Havanna city the amount of 1 1 One Peso in Spanish minted gold) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA 1 1 NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA (Translation: National Bank of Cuba 1 1 National Bank of Cuba) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Banco Nacional de Cuba was established in 1901 under the U.S. occupation government, part of a broader effort to stabilize Cuban finances following the war with Spain. Its early note issues were entirely dependent on American printing infrastructure — the ABNC held essentially a monopoly on prestige banknote production for Caribbean and Latin American clients at this period, and the relationship was as much political as commercial.
P#65 is scarce in any grade. The bank itself was reorganized and ultimately dissolved by 1921, and low-denomination notes from the 1905 series suffered heavy attrition in circulation.