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1 Peso Revolutionary issue July 26th, Movement
| Issuer | Movimiento 26 de Julio |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, the vignette presents an allegorical female figure in a Phrygian cap, holding the Cuban flag in her right hand and guiding revolutionary soldiers toward the Sierra Maestra in the background; a Royal Palm and the Cuban coat of arms appear at lower left. A five-pointed star at right bears the patriotic motto, with the country name at top and a black overprinted serial number and Fidel Castro's signature at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | $ 1.00 REPUBLICA DE CUBA LIBERTAD O MUERTE 97580 Este certificado garantiza su contribución a la causa revolucionaria.- EDICIÓN EXTERIOR (Translation: $ 1.00 Republic of Cuba Freedom or Death 97580 This certificate guarantees your contribution to the revolutionary cause. Exterior Edition) |
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The Movimiento 26 de Julio issued this note from the Sierra Maestra, where Castro's guerrilla campaign was still fighting a genuinely uncertain war against Batista's government. These notes were intended to function as a parallel currency in liberated zones — a political act as much as an economic one, asserting administrative legitimacy before any such legitimacy had been won militarily.
Surviving examples are few. Most were either spent, lost in the field, or deliberately destroyed after the revolution succeeded and the new government moved to consolidate currency. Castro's signature here predates his role as head of state by over a year.