5 Pesos, National Bank of Cuba, Cuba, 1991 (Pick 108)

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Cuba by the National Bank of Cuba, dated 1991. It belongs to the Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Second Republic (1959-date). It measures 150 × 70 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 108.

Obverse: Portrait of Antonio Maceo at right with name below; coat of arms of National Bank of Cuba at center, with and face value below in letters; issuer name on top, left and center, mark for visually impaired at top right. Color: green, Serial #s: red. Scripts: Braille and Latin. Its lettering reads “BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA / ⠑ / CINCO / PESOS / ANTONIO MACEO / GARANTIZADO INTEGRAMENTE CON EL ORO, CAMBIO EXTRANJERO / CONVERTIBLE EN ORO Y TODOS LOS DEMÁS ACTIVOS DEL BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA. / ESTE BILLETE CONSTITUYE UNA OBLIGACIÓN DEL ESTADO CUBANO.”. Translation given in the catalogue: “National Bank of Cuba 5 Five Pesos Antonio Maceo Fully Guaranteed with the gold, foreign exchange convertible into gold and all the other assets of the National Bank of Cuba This note constitutes an obligation of the Cuban State.”.

Reverse: Illustration of conference between Antonio Maceo and Spanish General A. Martinez Campos at Mangos de Baragua in 1878, country name on top, face value in number at top left, and in number and letters on lower right. Its lettering reads “REPUBLICA DE CUBA / 5 / CUBA SERA UN ETERNO BARAGUA / ESTE BILLETE TIENE CURSO LEGAL Y FUERZA LIBERATORIA ILIMITADA, DE ACUERDO CON LA LEY, / PARA EL PAGO DE TODA OBLIGACIÓN CONTRAÍDA O A CUMPLIR EN EL TERRITORIO NACIONAL. 5 PESOS”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Republic of Cuba 5 Cuba will be an ethernal Baragua This note is legal tender and has unlimited liberatory force, in accordance with the law, for payment of all obligations, contracted or to be fulfilled, on the whole national territory. 5 Pesos”.

The note was printed by China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (中国印钞造币总公司), China (1980-date). Watermark: José Martí. Demonetized: 1 June 2003. Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.