Catalog
100 Pesos Silver Certificate Issue
| Issuer | General Treasury of the Republic |
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| Year | 1936-1948 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos (100 CUP) |
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| Reverse description | The Cuban coat of arms occupies the center, flanked by a vignette of the Capitolio building at left and the Havana Cathedral at right, all rendered in violet. Denomination panels and silver certificate inscriptions frame the design, with fine guilloche patterns filling the background. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 100 PESOS 100 PESOS CIEN PESOS CIEN PESOS 100 100 CAPITOLIO CERTIFICADO DE PLATA PLAZA de la CATEDRAL ESTE CERTIFICADO ACREDITA QUE SU IMPORTE ESTÁ DEPOSITADO INTEGRAMENTE EN MONEDAS DE PLATA DE A PESO, DEL CUÑO NACIONAL, EN LA TESORERÍA GENERAL DE LA REPÚBLICA A LA DISPOSICIÓN DEL TENEDOR DEL MISMO Y QUE LE SERÁ ENTREGADO A SU DEMANDA. (Translation: Republic of Cuba 100 Pesos 100 Pesos One Hundred Pesos One Hundred Pesos 100 100 Capitol Silver Certificate Cathedral Square This Certificate certifies that its full amount is deposited in silver coins of 1 peso, of the national coinage, at the General Treasury of the Republic at the disposal of the bearer and will be delivered upon demand.) |
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The Philippine Silver Certificate series was a direct product of the Tydings-McDuffie Act framework — issued under the Commonwealth government as the Philippines transitioned toward the independence that finally arrived in 1946. The General Treasury designation reflects the Commonwealth's fiscal authority, operating parallel to but distinct from the Philippine National Bank's own issues of the period.
Printing by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing placed this note among the security-grade issues of the era, but the series faced an abrupt and total interruption: Japanese forces destroyed virtually the entire available stock during the occupation beginning December 1941, and surviving pre-war examples are genuinely rare as a result.