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Signature Set Detail: 7m BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA ISSUED NOTES - VEINTE 20 PESOS 1949 - 1960



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BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA

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During 1949 the US Treasury yielded to the pressures that private printing banknote companies were excersing upon them to discontinue Government supplied printing of Cuban notes and to allow the private segment to compete for this work. Their argument was Cuba no longer needed the US Government assistance, as it did back in 1934, and that when the time came to engrave new plates to issue new notes, the US BEP should not be involved in this endeavour. The Cuban Government thus requested offers from three private printing houses, each prepared and submitted Essays and/or Printer's Specimens of the UN PESO note; American Banknote Company (ABNC) and Security Banknote Company (SBNC) from the USA, and Thomas DeLa Rue (TDLR) from England.
You will be able to see their work at the final stages of each note as they prepared their submittals to obtain the Cuban contract. The winner was ABNC, who probably had the "inside track" since they had been printing Cuban Silver Certificates since 1944 along with the US BEP. While ABNC continued printing notes for Cuba until 1960, TDLR was able to gain a foothold contract in 1956 and also continued printing notes for Cuba until 1960.


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Signature Set Details:

Slot NameSlot CommentCertification #Note InfoCountryGradePhoto
1949...P NL ABNC FINAL Progress Proof VIGNETTE of ANTONIO MACEO -
Proof SPECIAL V-92257 - mounted on cardboard. Reverse annotated F 12957
8022478-002 $1 United StatesN/A
1949...P NL ABNC Printer PROOF
REVERSE UNIFACE
Annotated F 12957
8004687-008 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""PROOF""
20 Pesos
China65 EPQ
1949...P80s1 ABNC SPECIMEN
stamped SPECIMEN
S/N 00000
8003474-008 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME
20 Pesos
Cuba67 EPQ
1949...P80a ISSUED NOTE
S/N A000040A
Low Serial Number
8003474-009 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba
20 Pesos
Cuba64 EPQ
1949...P80a ISSUED NOTE
S/N C088945A
8003474-015 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba
20 Pesos
Cuba67 EPQ
1958...P NL ABNC Printer PROOF
OBVERSE UNIFACE
Annotated F 13979
8004687-007 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""PROOF""
20 Pesos
China64
1958...P80s2 ABNC SPECIMEN
stamped SPECIMEN
S/N 00000
8003474-021 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN""
20 Pesos
Cuba67 EPQ
1958...P80s2 ABNC SPECIMEN
stamped SPECIMEN
Uncut sheet of SIX
Plate F 12957 - A1
S/N 00000
8004631-004 Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUES
20 Pesos - Printer: ABNC
Cuba65 EPQ
1958...P80s2 ABNC SPECIMEN
stamped MUESTRA
S/N 00000
8003986-001 Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUES
20 Pesos - Printer: ABNC
Cuba66 EPQ
1960...P80s3 ABNC SPECIMEN
stamped SPECIMEN
S/N K000000A
8003567-003 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN""
20 Pesos
Cuba64
1960...P80c ISSUED NOTE
S/N K611243A
8003695-006 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba
20 Pesos
Cuba64
1960..P NL ABNC Printer SPECIMEN 12345
perforated SPECIMEN
S/N M500001A - 1000000A
Annotated F 131105 dated 8/8/60
8003695-001 Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUES
20 Pesos - Printer: ABNC
CubaXF 45 NET
1960...P80c ISSUED NOTE
S/N N294156A
8003695-012 Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba
20 Pesos
Cuba66 EPQ


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