500 Pesos

Issuer Cuba
Year 1869-1876
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 500 Pesos
Currency Pre-Republic (1870-1898)
Composition Paper
Size 205 × 135 mm
Shape Rectangular (hand cut)
Printer American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#17
Obverse description Black 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.
Obverse lettering 500 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.)
Reverse description Blank.
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Numisquare ID 2960783630
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