| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
| Value | 1 Peso (1 CUP) |
| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 156 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| In circulation to | 4 August 1961 |
| Reference(s) | P#86 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of José Martí on left, and allegory of Montecristi Mainfesto on center. Issuer name o top, red seal of National Bank of Cuba between portrait and allegory. Color: Black and blue, Serial: red. |
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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 | Cuban coat of arms at center, in oval frame, on front of Cuba island silhouette. Country name on top; face value in numbers and letters on both ends. Event dates to left of coat of arms. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 1 UN UN PESO PESO 1853 28 de Enero 1953 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 one Peso Peso 1853 January 28th. 1953 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) |
| Signature(s) | Joaquín Martínez Sáenz, Marino López Blanco, |
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| Numisquare ID | 9860471310 |
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