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100 Pesos 'C' Foreign Exchange Certificate-Round 'C'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos (100 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue and ochre certificado de compra (purchase certificate) with a large central guilloche rosette in gold, flanked on the left by a circular vignette of the Cuban coat of arms and on the right by a concentric-ring guilloche medallion. The denomination '100' appears in the four corners in ochre, with serial number prefix 'GA' and zeroed specimen serial numbers above and below the central design. The diagonal red overprint 'MUESTRA' (Specimen) crosses the entire face. Issuer inscription 'BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA' runs along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | CERTIFICADO DE COMPRA BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA CIEN PESOS 100 |
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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.