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50 Pesos First Railroad in England
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos (50 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the Cuban national coat of arms depicted within a five-pointed star, superimposed on a wreath of oak and laurel branches encircling the central device. The shield of the coat of arms displays the traditional Cuban national symbols including the royal palm, a rising sun, and horizontal stripes. The curved legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, with BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA inscribed in a secondary arc below it. The denomination 50 PESOS appears in bold lettering along the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA 50 PESOS (Translation: Republic of Cuba National Bank of Cuba 50 Pesos) |
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Cuba's railroad history has an odd distinction: the island's first line, connecting Havana to Bejucal, opened in 1837 — before Spain itself had a single operating railway. The colonial administration pushed the project primarily to move sugar from inland plantations to the port, not to modernize the island. That the commemorative series frames it as honoring England's pioneering Rainhill Trials-era railways rather than Cuba's own 1837 inauguration is a curatorial decision that has puzzled collectors since the series launched.