Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of José García Montes at left, with the issuer's name in both Spanish and English across the top. The face value appears three times in numerals at centre, with the amount in words below, all printed in black with red serial numbers. The text pledges payment to the bearer in Spanish-minted gold at the bank's Havana office. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro (Castle of the Three Kings of the Point) in Havana, printed in green. The issuer's name in Spanish appears above the vignette and in English below, with the face value in numerals flanking the image on both sides. |
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The Banco Nacional de Cuba was established in 1901 under U.S. occupation, and this 1905 issue came during a period when the island's monetary system was still being rationalized following decades of Spanish colonial currency and the disruptions of two independence wars. The American Bank Note Company held the contract for the series, which was standard for the region at the time — ABNC dominated Latin American central bank printing through the early twentieth century.
Pick 67 is scarce in any grade. The 1905 date predates the second U.S. intervention of 1906, after which circulation patterns were severely disrupted.