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1 Peso José Martí Centennial Birth
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Reference(s) | P#86 |
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| Obverse lettering | UN PESO UN BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA UN PESO MANIFIESTO DE MONTECRISTI 1895 1 PESO JOSÉ MARTÍ CENTENARIO DE MARTÍ CENTENARIO DE 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: One Peso one National Bank of Cuba One Peso Montecristi Manifesto 1895 1 Peso José Martí Centenary of Martí Centenary of 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 description | The Cuban coat of arms, engraved within an oval frame and set against a silhouette of the island of Cuba, occupies the center of the reverse. The country name appears at the top, with the face value expressed in both numerals and letters at each end. Commemorative dates marking the centenary of José Martí's birth — 28 January 1853 and 1953 — appear to the left of the coat of arms. |
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The 1953 Cuban 1 Peso (Pick 86) was issued specifically to mark the centennial of José Martí's birth — a politically loaded commission given the Batista government's complicated relationship with Martí's revolutionary image. Printing was handled by the American Bank Note Company in New York, the same firm that had produced Cuban currency for decades under successive very different regimes.
The centennial series was a prestige issue, and ABNCo's engraving standards show it. Circulation wear is common; Cuba's 1 Peso denomination moved through a lot of hands.