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300 Pesos
| Issuer | El Banco Español de la Habana |
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| Year | 186x |
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| Reference(s) | P#38E |
| Obverse description | Issued by the Sucursal en Sagua la Grande branch, the note bears a central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure in a harbour landscape, flanked by two large guilloche-framed numeral 300 counters. The title EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA is printed in bold letterpress across the centre, with the branch designation SUCURSAL EN SAGUA LA GRANDE above. Two detachable stub panels with serial number fields and ornate lathe-work borders are attached at left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA SUCURSAL DE SAGUA LA GRANDE LA SUCURSAL EN SAGUA LA GRANDE EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA TRES CIENTOS Número de orden ó de emisión Número de la toma de razon SAGUA LA GRANDE El Director El Administrador El Cajero Serie 5ª Número |
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El Banco Español de la Habana was the dominant commercial bank in colonial Cuba, and its higher-denomination notes like this 300 Pesos were instruments of serious mercantile credit rather than everyday exchange — the kind of paper that moved between sugar traders and merchants, not market stalls. The "186x" dating indicates the exact year of issue within the decade remains unconfirmed, which is not unusual for a series where surviving specimens are scarce and often undated proofs rather than issued notes.
The National Bank Note Company of New York held engraving contracts for numerous Latin American and Caribbean issuers during this period, before its 1879 merger into the American Bank Note Company.