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Banknote, 1 Peso, Banco Nacional de Cuba, Series 1961 — SPECIMEN
Banknote
One-peso note, obverse with portrait of José Martí in an oval wreath, "UN PESO" flanking; diagonal red SPECIMEN overprint across the face. Reverse depicts the rebel army's entry into Havana ("Entrada a La Habana, 8 de enero de 1959"). Non-circulating specimen example.
2025.14.6
Gift to Dr. Miguel Valdés Mier
Issued by the Banco Nacional de Cuba in the early revolutionary period. The reverse commemorates the triumphal entry into Havana of January 1959, tying the note directly to the founding iconography of the Revolution. Specimens were produced forCuban-produced; core collection material.
Miguel Valdés Mier collection
2025.14
Gift
1961
1960s
Cuban Peso
1
Banco Nacional de Cuba
1961
G 59 · 705337
"BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA"; "UN PESO"; "JOSE MARTI"; "SERIE DE 1961"; red overprint "SPECIMEN"; prefix/serial G 59 · 705337; two printed signatures (Presidente del Banco "Che"; Ministro de Hacienda); guarantee legend ("GARANTIZADO INTEGRAMENTE CON EL ORO…")
"REPUBLICA DE CUBA," "ENTRADA A LA HABANA 8 DE ENERO DE 1959," legal-tender legend
Good
Miguel Valdés Mier
owner
Ernesto Guevara
signature
Fidel Castro Ruz
imagery
Banco Nacional de Cuba
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition, imagery
Castro's entry in Havana