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3 Pesos 'C' Foreign Exchange Certificate-Narrow 'C'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 3 Pesos (3 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue and red guilloche underprint on white paper. At left, a circular vignette of the Cuban national coat of arms encircled by the legend BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA; at centre, the red numeral '3' superimposed over the blue text TRES PESOS; at right, a large ornate letter 'C' within a guilloche roundel. Dark blue horizontal bars at top and bottom carry the inscriptions CERTIFICADO DE COMPRA and BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA respectively, with the numeral '3' in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in shades of blue on white paper, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche rosette underprint of interlocking ribbon-like lobes filling the central field. At centre, the denomination appears as TRES PESOS with a stylised numeral '3' below it. Dotted lines with the legends FIRMA DEL TENEDOR EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR, FECHA DE EMISION, and FIRMA DEL TENEDOR provide spaces for bearer endorsement, while the bottom bar carries the expiry notice CADUCA A LOS CINCO ANOS DE EMITIDO, with TRES PESOS repeated in each corner. |
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Cuba's Foreign Exchange Certificate series was designed to capture hard currency from tourists and diplomats while keeping convertible funds entirely separate from the domestic peso economy. The 'C' designation on this note identified it as valid only within the red-label FEC tier — accepted at dollar stores and Diplotiendas inaccessible to ordinary Cubans, a deliberate apartheid of purchasing power that drew persistent internal criticism.
The narrow 'C' variety is a minor but catalogued typographic distinction within the 1985 printing, likely reflecting a plate adjustment at the Státní Tiskárna Cenin facility in Prague, which produced much of Cuba's banknote output during the Soviet-aligned period.