| Issuer | Cuba |
| Year | 1956-1958 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 1 Peso (1 CUP) |
| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 130 × 56 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Thomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom |
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| In circulation to | 4 August 1961 |
| Reference(s) | P#87 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of José Martí in oval frame on right, Civic Square at center (currently renamed as Revolution Square). Issuer name on top. Color: black and blue. Serials: red. Red seal of National Bank of Cuba on left. |
| Reverse description | Cuban coat of arms at center, Sugar cane production scenes: Cane harvesting on left, industrial process on right. country name on top, face value in numbers and letters on both ends. |
| Signature(s) | Joaquín Martínez Sáenz, Justo García Rainery, Alejandro Herrera Arango, |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA
UN 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 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.) |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA
1 1
UN PESO
UN PESO
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 1 1 One Peso One Peso 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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| Catalog ID | 1015312540 |
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