Catalog
100 Pesos 'C' Foreign Exchange Certificate-Round 'C'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Plain light blue reverse with a fine guilloche underprint. The central area carries the bold intaglio inscription 'CIEN PESOS' with the numeral '100' in each corner. Above centre, two lines read 'FIRMA DEL TENEDOR / EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR', providing a bearer signature line, while the lower portion carries the fields 'FECHA DE EMISION' and 'FIRMA DEL TENEDOR' flanking the notice 'CADUCA A LOS CINCO AÑOS DE EMITIDO', indicating a five-year validity period from date of issue. |
| Reverse lettering | FIRMA DEL TENEDOR EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR CIEN PESOS 100 FECHA DE EMISION FIRMA DEL TENEDOR CADUCA A LOS CINCO AÑOS DE EMITIDO |
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Cuba's Foreign Exchange Certificate system was introduced in 1981 to capture hard currency from tourists and exile remittances while keeping it segregated from the peso economy used by Cuban nationals. The "C" series — distinguished by an overprinted letter on earlier certificate designs — circulated in the dollar-equivalent tourist economy: hotels, diplomacy shops, and the network of tiendas recaudadoras de divisas. Holding one as a Cuban citizen without authorization was a criminal matter.
Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague printed Cuba's banknotes and certificates throughout the socialist period, a relationship that outlasted the Soviet Union itself.