MetalStacks presents the unique 100 Pesos Serie de 1959 – 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: 1959
Series: 1959
Serial Number: C144599A
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:
This 100 Pesos note was issued during the final months of the Cuban Republic, prior to Fidel Castro’s revolution in January 1959. Printed by the American Bank Note Company, these banknotes were backed by gold and foreign reserves, reflecting a stable pre-revolutionary financial system. After the Cuban Revolution, the new government demonetized these notes in 1961 as it restructured the country’s economy and centralized its banking system. Today, these notes are valued as historical artifacts from the last era of independent Cuban monetary policy.
Obverse:
Portrait: Calixto Garcia Iñiguez in an oval frame (center)
Color: Black and orange
Serial Number: C144599A (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: Orange and yellow
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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