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10 Pesos 'C' Foreign Exchange Certificate-Round 'C'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Printer | Státní Tiskárna Cenin, Prague, Czech Republic (1953-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CERTIFICADO DE COMPRA BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA DIEZ PESOS 10 |
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| Reverse lettering | DIEZ PESOS FIRMA DEL TENEDOR EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR FECHA DE EMISION FIRMA DEL TENEDOR CADUCA A LOS CINCO AÑOS DE EMITIDO 10 |
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Cuba's Foreign Exchange Certificate system was designed to capture hard currency from tourists and foreign workers while keeping dollars out of ordinary Cubans' hands — possession of US currency remained a criminal offense until 1993. The "C" series, distinguished by a round overprint on the face, circulated in parallel with the convertible peso and the regular peso, creating a three-tier system that generated both confusion and a thriving black market. The round "C" variant is generally considered scarcer than the angular overprint issues.
Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague handled much of Cuba's security printing throughout the Soviet-aligned period, a relationship that persisted well into the 1990s.