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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Circulación y Descuento de Manuel Antonio de Luzarraga |
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| Year | 18xx |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black on green underprint. Denomination numeral vignettes at upper left and right flank a central allegorical vignette of a seated woman with globe representing Science. Statue of Freedom vignette at left margin. Note punch-cancelled with a row of holes along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface back printed as a mirror-image impression (verso bleed-through visible), presenting the note in an unfinished trial state. The Statue of Freedom vignette appears at right within an arched frame, with guilloche border work surrounding the central field. |
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Luzarraga's bank was one of several private Cuban issuing houses operating under Spanish colonial tolerance in the mid-nineteenth century — a fragile arrangement that gave merchants and planters access to paper credit while Madrid retained ultimate authority over the island's monetary affairs. The American Bank Note Company's involvement reflects how thoroughly Latin American and Caribbean private banks of that period depended on New York engravers for credible, difficult-to-counterfeit currency.
The undated "18xx" format almost certainly indicates the bank reserved the right to date notes at the counter by hand, a common practice among short-lived Caribbean institutions hedging against uncertain operating lifespans.