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10 Centavos INTUR
| Issuer | Instituto Nacional de Turismo (INTUR), Cuba |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| In circulation to | 15 October 2001 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TURISMO • 1981 • CUBA • (Translation: National Institute of Tourism 1981 Cuba) |
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Cuba's INTUR coinage was created specifically for use by foreign tourists, forming a parallel currency system designed to capture hard currency while preventing visitors from accessing the peso economy. The 1981 issues were struck as the Castro government tightened controls over dollar-denominated spending, funneling tourist transactions through state-run hotels and shops where only INTUR tokens were accepted.
Ordinary Cubans found in possession of these pieces faced legal jeopardy — holding hard-currency substitutes was a prosecutable offense.