Catalog
100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1959-1960 |
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| Size | 156 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette consists of an oval portrait of Francisco Aguilera against a finely engraved guilloche underprint in black and violet. A red circular seal of the Banco Nacional de Cuba is positioned at left. The denomination and issuer legends are arranged around the portrait, with the guarantee clause inscribed in full across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 100 100 PESOS PESOS 100 100 CIEN PESOS ESTE BILLETE TIENE CURSO LEGAL Y FUERZA LIBERATORIA ILIMITADA, DE ACUERDO CON LA LEY, PARA EL PAGO DE TODA OBLIGACION CONTRAIDA O ACUMPLIR EN EL TERRITORIO NACIONAL. (Translation: Republic of Cuba 100 100 Pesos Pesos 100 100 One hundred Pesos This note is legal tender and has unlimited liberatory force, in accordance with the law, for payment of all obligations, contracted or to be fulfilled, on the whole national territory) |
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This note sits at the precise hinge of Cuban history. Printed by the American Bank Note Company before the revolutionary government had fully consolidated power, the P#93 series was authorized under the pre-revolutionary banking framework but circulated into the early years of the Castro administration — an awkward overlap that the new government resolved by issuing its own notes and progressively withdrawing earlier stock.
The ABNC contract itself was one of the last the company would fulfill for Cuba. By 1961, nationalization had severed that relationship entirely, and Havana would turn to other printers for subsequent issues.