50 Pesos

Issuer	Banco Español de la Isla de Cuba
Year	1896
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Currency	Pre-Republic (1870-1898)
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Obverse description	An oval intaglio vignette at left centre portrays a seated allegorical female figure with a lion at her side, rendered in fine engraving against a pink and green guilloche underprint. The bank title EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA ISLA DE CUBA arches across the upper field, flanked by the denomination numeral 50 at each corner and a royal coat of arms at upper centre. The promissory text in Spanish, serial numbers, and three signature lines for El Gobernador, El Consejero, and El Cajero appear in the lower portion of the note.
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Reverse lettering	50
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Variants	P#50a - without overprint "PLATA" on back P#50b - overprint "PLATA" on back
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