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10 Pesos Banco de Ahorros y Préstamos
| Issuer | Banco de Ahorros y Préstamos |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S115 |
| Obverse description | Black intaglio on yellow underprint. At the left margin, a seated allegorical female figure holds a sword, while a second vignette at the right presents a seated Mercury; both figures are rendered in the fine engraved style typical of late 19th-century security printing. The central text panel is framed by elaborate guilloche ornamentation, with the issuer's name, place, denomination, and date set in formal letterpress type. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE AHORROS Y PRÉSTAMOS 10 DIEZ PESOS (Translation: Savings and Loan Bank Ten Pesos) |
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The Banco de Ahorros y Préstamos was one of several private savings institutions operating in Cuba under Spanish colonial authority in the late nineteenth century. Its note-issuing activity was limited and short-lived — the 1893 series appearing at a moment when Cuba's financial infrastructure was already under strain from mounting independence agitation and metropolitan monetary policy that prioritized Spanish commercial interests over local credit needs.
Waterlow & Sons handled the printing, as they did for a wide range of Latin American and Caribbean issuers during this period. The P#S115 designation in the "S" (Specialized/Local) range reflects the peripheral status of this institution within Cuban banking history — issues that circulated regionally rather than as general legal tender.