1000 Pesos

Cuba's domestic security printing capability has been limited for most of the revolutionary period, making this note — produced entirely in Havana by Impresos de Seguridad — notable as a product of state-controlled in-house production rather than a foreign specialist such as De La Rue or FNMT. The 1000 Peso denomination sits at the top of the Cuban peso series, though its real purchasing power has been eroded severely by the dual-currency distortions that plagued the economy until the CUP/CUC unification attempt of January 2021.

Watermark-only security is thin by contemporary standards. That choice reflects the constraints of domestic printing rather than any deliberate policy decision.