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| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 1 Peso (1 CUP) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in golden-amber on cream, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate interlocking guilloche rosette pattern formed by overlapping wave-line medallions across the full field. At centre, the denomination numeral '1' and UN PESO appear in brown letterpress over the guilloche. Two dashed signature lines are provided, labelled FIRMA DEL TENEDOR EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR at upper centre, with FECHA DE EMISION and FIRMA DEL TENEDOR indicated at lower left and lower right respectively. The lower border carries the legends UN PESO at left and CADUCA A LOS CINCO ANOS DE EMITIDO at right. |
| Reverse lettering | UN PESO FIRMA DEL TENEDOR EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR FECHA DE EMISIÓN FIRMA DEL TENEDOR CADUCA A LOS CINCO AÑOS DE EMITIDO 1 |
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Cuba's Foreign Exchange Certificates — the INTUR series — were a parallel currency system designed to capture hard currency from tourists and diplomats while keeping convertible funds entirely separate from the peso economy. The "D" series, distinguished here by its narrow letterform variant, circulated alongside the wider "D" type; the two were issued concurrently and are differentiated almost entirely by typography, making this one of the few cases where a single printed character drives the catalog distinction.
Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague handled Cuba's banknote printing through much of the socialist period, a natural partnership given Czechoslovakia's role as a key trading and technical partner within COMECON.