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1 Peso 'B' Foreign Exchange Certificate

Emittent Banco Nacional de Cuba
Jahr 1985
Typ Exchange certificate
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung The Banco Nacional de Cuba logo appears at left, with the face value rendered as the word over numeral at centre. A large letter 'B' within a circle occupies the right side, serving as the series identifier for this foreign exchange certificate. Serial number prefixes appear at upper left and lower right, with the issuer name inscribed below the central value.
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Rückseitenlegende CASTILLO SAN SALVADOR DE LA PUNTA, CIUDAD DE LA HABANA, 1600
UN PESO
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Anmerkungen

Cuba's dual-currency system produced two parallel series of foreign exchange certificates in the 1980s — one backed by convertible ("hard") currencies, one by socialist-bloc currencies. The "B" series, distinguished by its blue serial prefix, was specifically for visitors arriving with Soviet, East German, Czech, or other COMECON currencies. Holders were restricted to designated "B" shops, which stocked considerably less than the dollar-backed "A" circuit stores. The practical effect was a three-tier purchasing hierarchy: hard currency tourists, bloc-currency visitors, and ordinary Cubans.

Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague printed the entire FX series — a logical arrangement given Cuba's close economic ties with Czechoslovakia throughout this period.