Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Máximo Gómez at right, his name inscribed below; to the left, the coat of arms of the Banco Nacional de Cuba with the denomination in letters beneath; issuer name runs across the top; a Braille tactile mark for the visually impaired appears at upper right. Printed predominantly in brown with serial numbers in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA (in arms) ⠁⠚ (Braille notation) DIEZ PESOS MAXIMO GOMEZ 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: National Bank of Cuba National Bank of Cuba (in arms) 10 (Braille notation) Ten Pesos Máximo Gómez 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.) |
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Cuba's turn to Chinese banknote printers beginning in the late 1980s was a direct consequence of the country's collapsing Soviet trade relationships and the hard-currency constraints that made contracting European security printers increasingly difficult. The China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation had been aggressively expanding its international client base through this period, often on favorable credit terms — an arrangement that suited Havana's circumstances precisely.
Pick 109 runs through several date variants into the early 1990s, sharing the same basic printed format across the run. Watermarking is the sole mechanical security feature, which reflects the economic ceiling on production specifications at the time of issue.