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3 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1983-1989 |
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| Value | 3 Pesos (3 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette carries an intaglio portrait of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara with his name lettered below the image; the face value in words appears to the left of the vignette, while the issuing bank's title runs along the top margin. The note is printed predominantly in red with serial numbers in dark blue. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA TRES PESOS ERNESTO GUEVARA GARANTIZADO INTEGRAMENTE CON EL ORO, CAMBIO EXTRANJERO CONVERTIBLE EN ORO Y TODOS LOS DEMÁS ACTIVOS DEL BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA. ESTE BILLETE CONSTITUYE UNA OBLIGACIÓN DEL ESTADO CUBANO. (Translation: National Bank of Cuba Three Pesos Ernesto Guevara Fully Guaranteed with the gold, foreign exchange convertible into gold and all the other assets of the National Bank of Cuba. This note constitutes an obligation of the Cuban State.) |
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The Banco Nacional de Cuba turned to Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague for much of its paper currency production throughout the Cold War period, a relationship rooted in Cuba's alignment with the Eastern Bloc after 1959. STC was the standard printer for socialist-allied states that lacked domestic intaglio facilities, and Cuban notes from this era share a family resemblance with issues from other Soviet-aligned economies — dense linework, flat color registration, and a slightly stiff hand feel characteristic of Czech-produced currency paper.
The 3-peso denomination has no equivalent in Western monetary tradition but mirrors the Soviet 3-ruble note, a deliberate structural echo of USSR currency architecture.