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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos (20 CUP) |
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| Reverse description | A vignette of agricultural scenes fills the central field, evoking the themes of Cuba's food programme; the country name runs across the top, the face value in numerals appears at upper left, and the denomination in both numerals and words is repeated at lower right. The reverse inscription references the Programa Alimentario. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
By 1991, Cuba's peso had been structurally isolated from hard currency for years, and the collapse of Soviet subsidies was already forcing the island into what Havana would officially call the "Special Period." Notes like this one were printed domestically in terms of function but manufactured abroad — the contract with China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation reflected both the end of Soviet printing arrangements and the limited options available to a sanctioned economy.
Watermarking remains the sole listed security feature, a notably spare specification for the period. Cuban peso notes of this era saw genuine mass circulation under conditions of acute shortages, and heavily worn survivors are the rule rather than the exception.