Cuban Banknotes (Pre- and Post-Revolution)

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Nice banknotes. These are on Post-Revolution era.

We have now two circulation currency. CUC = Cuban Convertible Peso and CUP = Cuban Pesos. They have different value. We can find coins and banknotes in CUC and CUP.

 

Cuban notes were fairly common in England in the 1960s, most notably the post revolutionary notes stamped 'Specimen'; maybe that was Muster in Spanish. It's been a while.

If you see what are fairly common Cuban notes stamped 'specimen' (or whatever) do not assume they are a lot rarer than regular issue notes. They are not.

 

I have some of Specimen about Cuba 1960 $50 and $100 Pesos Cubanos Banknotes with Che sign, as bank´s president. They aren´t uncommon. They are very difficult to find. In not all cases, this is a rule.

 

I have a bunch of them as well as Cuban silver certificates that I collect buy and sell at shows


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I'm not sure if there is a difference on how Cuba is viewed vs how North Korea is viewed in this aspect but I've have bought a fair amount of North Korean currency on ebay and other places in the last couple months. It could also be because a lot of the currency was simply listed under "Korean Currency" because initially I couldn't find it when I was looking for North Korean currency. Luckily I can read the Korean and understand where it's from. I was curious about how embargo laws affected buying paper money from said countries as well.

 

El Tesoro de la Isla de Cuba Veinte Pesos Mil Ochocentos Noventos y Uno:





Y yo tengo el billete de dos centos pesos tambien, pero no sabo donde es ahora.

 

Alla, es aqui:







Los billetes son muy bonitas, impreme por la firma de Bradbury Wilkinson en Inglaterra en el año de 1891.

 

Purchased on ebay as "North Caribbean"

 

Interesting "Especimen" overprint. Most Spanish-speaking countries used the "Muestra" overprint.