500 Pesos

€2.00
IssuerCuba
Year1869-1876
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Pesos
CurrencyPre-Republic (1870-1898)
CompositionPaper
Size205 × 135 mm
ShapeRectangular (hand cut)
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#17
Obverse descriptionBlack and brown print. Sailing ship entering Havana harbor; Moro castle; seated allegorical women holding cornucopia and staff; tobacco plant; palm trees; sugar mill with smokestacks; cattle pulling cart with sugar cane.
Reverse descriptionBlank.
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Obverse lettering500 EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA á la presentación de este billete pagará al portador QUINIENTOS pesos fuertes en efectivo. Habana, 11 de Novbre de 1876.
(Translation: The Spanish Bank of Havana Upon presentation of this note, the bearer will be paid Five Hundred Pesos Fuertes in cash. Havana, November 11, 1876.)
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Catalog ID2960783630
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