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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Español de la Habana |
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| Year | 1872-1883 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the combined coats of arms of Havana and Spain surmounted by a royal crown, flanked by a cornucopia on the left and a caduceus on the right, with two hemispheres below. The issuer name appears in a text panel at top center, with the note's terms and place and date of issue inscribed in the main body of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA 5 CENTAVOS 5 CENTAVOS CINCO CENTAVOS CINCO CENTAVOS (Translation: The Spanish Bank of Havana 5 centavos 5 centavos five centavos five centavos) |
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The Banco Español de la Habana occupied an unusual institutional position — it was a colonial bank operating under Spanish authority in Cuba, yet consistently turned to American Bank Note Company in New York for its printed currency. That arrangement reflected practical reality more than politics: ABNC simply outclassed any Spanish or Cuban alternative in security printing technology during this period.
At 70 × 31 mm, this is among the smallest denominations ABNC ever produced for a Latin American client. The eleven-year date range suggests multiple print runs rather than a single issue, though the series numbering across Pick 29 specimens has never been fully mapped.