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Banknote, 1 Peso, Banco Nacional de Cuba, Series 1966

Banknote

One-peso note, Martí obverse / Havana-entry reverse. Issued (circulated) note. A small handwritten "L." in blue ink appears at upper left of the face.

Banknote, 1 Peso, Banco Nacional de Cuba, Series 1966 Banknote, 1 Peso, Banco Nacional de Cuba, Series 1966

2025.20.23

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. Cuban-produced circulating currency.

2025.20

Gift

1966

1960s

Cuban Peso

1

Banco Nacional de Cuba

1966

R 25 · 391862

Standard type legends; "SERIE DE 1966"; prefix/serial R 25 · 391862; note both signature panels here read "PRESIDENTE DEL BANCO"; manuscript annotation "L." (blue ink), collector/owner mark — origin unknown.

"REPUBLICA DE CUBA," "ENTRADA A LA HABANA 8 DE ENERO DE 1959," legal-tender legend

Good

Banco Nacional de Cuba

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

Imagery

Castro's entry in Havana