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5 Pesos 'D' Foreign Exchange Certificate-Narrow 'D'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos (5 CUP) |
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| Obverse lettering | EXCHANGE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICADO DE DIVISA CERTIFICAT DE DEVISE BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA CINCO PESOS 5 |
| Reverse description | Orange and cream guilloche underprint with a large central rosette of interlocking lathe-work petals forming the security background. The denomination CINCO PESOS is printed in brown at centre with the numeral '5' integrated. Ruled dotted lines with printed captions designate spaces for the bearer's signature and date of issue, while the bottom border band carries the expiry notice CADUCA A LOS CINCO AÑOS DE EMITIDO. Denomination numerals '5' and the legend CINCO PESOS repeat at the corners. |
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Cuba's Foreign Exchange Certificate series was a two-tier currency system designed to capture hard currency from tourists and diplomats while keeping it separate from the peso economy available to Cuban nationals. The "D" series, introduced in the mid-1980s, was specifically intended for use by visitors from capitalist countries — a distinction that mattered enormously in practice, as different certificate types were accepted at different Diplotiendas and hotel shops.
The narrow "D" variety is a scarce typographic variant within P#FX34, differing only in the serif width of the overprinted letter — the kind of detail that emerged from press adjustments at the Státní Tiskárna Cenin facility in Prague, which handled much of Cuba's sensitive print work during this period.