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5 Pesos
| Uitgever | La República de Cuba |
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| Jaar | 1869 |
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| Waarde | 5 Pesos |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The Cuban coat of arms appears as a vignette at the left, with the issuer title "LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA" across the top margin. The denomination numeral "5" is placed at the upper right, while the value in words, "CINCO PESOS," is set at centre within a text panel carrying the promise-to-pay and redemption clauses. A red seal is applied at the lower centre of the note. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA 5 Pagará al portador CINCO PESOS Este billete será oportunamente cambiado en efectivo por la República de Cuba y será reci- bido en pago de contribuciones, derechos de aduana y toda especie de obligaciones __________ de 1869 (Translation: The Republic of Cuba 5 Will pay to the bearer five Pesos This note will be exchanged in cash by the Republic of Cuba and will be accepted for contribution payments, Custom house fees and all kind of debts. 1869) |
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Cuba's 1869 peso notes were issued under Spanish colonial administration during the Ten Years' War — the first and longest of Cuba's independence conflicts. The Spanish authorities issued paper currency partly to finance military operations against insurgent forces, and these notes circulated under considerable political duress in a colony already economically destabilized by the conflict.
Pick 56 is among the earliest catalogued Cuban issues, making surviving examples genuinely scarce. The war ended in 1878 with the Pact of Zanjón, after which currency arrangements were reorganized substantially.