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1 Peso 'D' Foreign Exchange Certificate-Round 'D'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 1 Peso (1 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in olive-brown and yellow-green tones on a fine guilloche underprint radiating from the centre. To the left, a circular vignette bears the Cuban coat of arms inscribed within a coin-like border reading BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA. The denomination numeral '1' and the legend UN PESO appear centrally, while a large ornate letter 'D' set within a sunburst guilloche medallion occupies the right field. The trilingual heading EXCHANGE CERTIFICATE / CERTIFICADO DE DIVISA / CERTIFICAT DE DEVISE runs along the top border, with BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in warm ochre and pale orange tones, with a broad central design of interlocking lace-like guilloche rosettes forming a decorative underprint across the full field. The denomination UN PESO appears in the upper-right and lower-left corners, and the numeral '1' is repeated at each corner. Two dotted lines provide spaces for FIRMA DEL TENEDOR EN PRESENCIA DEL PAGADOR (signature of the bearer in the presence of the payer) and FECHA DE EMISION / FIRMA DEL TENEDOR below, with the advisory legend CADUCA A LOS CINCO AÑOS DE EMITIDO along the bottom border. |
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Cuba's Foreign Exchange Certificates were a parallel currency system introduced to capture hard currency from tourists and foreign workers while keeping it out of the regular peso economy. The series used letter suffixes — A, B, C, D — to distinguish which category of foreigner could legally hold and spend them, a bureaucratic segregation that reflected the regime's obsession with controlling exactly where convertible funds flowed.
The round "D" overprint on this note designated use specifically at diplomatic shops and facilities, the narrowest circulation category in the series. Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague printed the base notes — a natural choice given Cuba's deep economic ties with Czechoslovakia throughout the CMEA period.