Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1961-1965 |
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| Reference(s) | P#94 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA UN UN PESO PESO JOSÉ MARTÍ GARANTIZADO INTEGRAMENTE CON EL ORO, CAMBIO EXTRANJERO CONVERTIBLE EN ORO Y TODOS LOS DEMÁS ACTIVOS DEL BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA. ESTE BILLETE CONSTITUYE UNA OBLIGACIÓN DEL ESTADO CUBANO. (Translation: National Bank of Cuba One One Peso Peso José Martí Fully Guaranteed with the gold, foreign exchange convertible into gold and all the other assets of the National Bank of Cuba This note constitutes an obligation of the Cuban State.) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA ENTRADA A LA HABANA 8 DE ENERO DE 1959 1 1 ESTE BILLETE TIENE CURSO LEGAL Y FUERZA LIBERATORIA ILIMITADA, DE ACUERDO CON LA LEY, PARA EL PAGO DE TODA OBLIGACIÓN CONTRAÍDA O A CUMPLIR EN EL TERRITORIO NACIONAL. (Translation: Republic of Cuba Entrance to Havana, January 8th, 1959 1 1 This note is legal tender and has unlimited liberatory force, in accordance with the law, for payment of all obligations, contracted or to be fulfilled, on the whole national territory) |
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The shift to Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague for Cuban banknote production followed directly from the 1959 revolution and the subsequent break with U.S.-aligned commercial printers. Cuba had previously relied on American Bank Note Company; the move to a Czechoslovak state security printer was a political realignment as much as a procurement decision.
P#94 spans an unusually long issue window for a revolutionary-period note, suggesting the Banco Nacional was in no hurry to redesign the series once the Prague relationship was established and functioning.