MetalStacks presents the unique 100 Pesos Serie de 1954 – Circulated from the Banco Nacional De Cuba
(PSV 40)
Features:
Issuer: Cuba
Issuing bank: National Bank of Cuba
Period: First Republic (1902–1906, 1909–1959)
Type: Standard banknote
Years: 1954
Series: 1954
Serial Number: B267201A
Value: 100 Pesos (100 CUP)
Currency: Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914–date)
Composition: Paper
Size: 157 × 66 mm
Shape: Rectangular
Demonetized: 4 August 1961
Historical Context:
Issued in 1954, this 100 Pesos note reflects the height of Cuba’s economic and political structure under President Fulgencio Batista before the Cuban Revolution. Printed by the American Bank Note Company, it represents a time when the Cuban Peso was backed by gold and fully convertible into foreign currency. After Fidel Castro’s revolutionary government took power in 1959, the island’s banking system was nationalized, and notes like this were officially demonetized by 1961. Today, it remains a significant piece of Cuba’s pre-revolution financial legacy.
Obverse:
Portrait: Calixto Garcia Iñiguez in an oval frame (center)
Color: Black and purple-tinted background
Serial Number: B267201A (red ink)
Seal: Red seal of the National Bank of Cuba (left)
Lettering (Spanish):
100 100
BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA
CIEN
100 PESOS
CALIXTO GARCIA IÑIGUEZ
GARANTIZADO INTEGRAMENTE CON EL ORO, CAMBIO EXTRANJERO
CONVERTIBLE EN ORO Y TODOS LOS DEMÁS ACTIVOS DEL BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA.
ESTE BILLETE CONSTITUYE UNA OBLIGACIÓN DEL ESTADO CUBANO.
Translation:
100 100
National Bank of Cuba
One Hundred
100 Pesos
Calixto Garcia Iñiguez
Fully guaranteed with gold, foreign exchange.
Convertible into gold and all the assets of the National Bank of Cuba.
This note constitutes an obligation of the Cuban State.
Reverse:
Coat of Arms: Centered in an oval frame
Denomination: On left and right
Country Name: Top
Color: Purple and gray tones
Lettering (Spanish):
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
CIEN CIEN
PESOS PESOS
ESTE BILLETE TIENE CURSO LEGAL Y FUERZA LIBERATORIA ILIMITADA, DE ACUERDO CON LA LEY, PARA EL PAGO DE TODA OBLIGACION CONTRAIDA O ACUMPLIR EN EL TERRITORIO NACIONAL.
Translation:
Republic of Cuba
One Hundred One Hundred
Pesos Pesos
This note is legal tender and has unlimited liberatory force, in accordance with the law, for payment of all obligations, contracted or to be fulfilled, throughout the national territory.
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