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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1967-1988 |
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| Size | 150 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | An oval portrait vignette of José Martí occupies the centre of the note, his name inscribed beneath the likeness; the issuer title BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA is arched across the top, while the face value in words is positioned to the left. The note is printed in olive green with serial numbers rendered in red, and a lengthy guarantee inscription runs along the lower portion of the design. |
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| Reverse description | A historical vignette extending across the centre of the note illustrates Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos leading Revolutionary Army forces into Havana on 8 January 1959; the inscription REPUBLICA DE CUBA arches across the top, with the numeral face value repeated on both lateral margins. A legal tender clause is printed along the lower border. |
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Cuba's shift to Czechoslovak printing after the Revolution was a direct consequence of the US trade embargo and the broader reorientation toward the Eastern Bloc. The Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague became the primary supplier of Cuban banknotes for decades, and the relationship was extensive enough that Cuban currency design during this period bears the visual fingerprints of Socialist-era central European printing conventions — clean intaglio work, flat color fills, heavy serif typography.
The P#102 series ran across an unusually long span for a low denomination, reflecting the relative monetary stability Cuba maintained through rationing and price controls rather than open-market currency pressure. Inflation that would have forced a reissue elsewhere was suppressed administratively.