Signature Set Detail: 7l BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA ISSUED NOTES - DIEZ 10 PESOS 1949 - 1960

Set Category:

World

Owner:

EMO COLLECTION 

Set Theme:

BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA

Set Description:

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.
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.

Signature Set Details:

Slot Name	Slot Comment	Certification #	Note Info	Country	Grade	Photo
1949...P NL	ABNC FINAL Progress Proof VIGNETTE of CARLOS MANUEL de CESPEDES - Proof SPECIAL V-92215 - mounted on cardboard. Reverse annotated F 12956	8022478-001	$1	United States	N/A
1949..P79 NL	ABNC Printer PROOF OBVERSE UNIFACE Annotated F 12956	8004687-005	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""PROOF"" 10 Pesos	Cuba	66 EPQ
1949..P79 NL	ABNC Printer PROOF REVERSE UNIFACE Annotated F 12956	8004687-006	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""PROOF"" 10 Pesos	Cuba	66 EPQ
1949...P79s1	ABNC SPECIMEN S/N 00000	8003460-035	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN"" 10 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	68 EPQ
1949...P79a	ISSUED NOTE S/N C541046A	8003460-037	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 10 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	64 EPQ
1956...P88s1	TDLR SPECIMEN No. 124 perforated SPECIMEN + stamped SPECIMEN S/N A000000A	8003460-039	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 10 Pesos	Cuba	67 EPQ
1956...P88a	ISSUED NOTE S/N A000073A Low Serial Number	8003464-002	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 10 Pesos	Cuba	66 EPQ
1958..P88 NL	TDLR Printer PROOF 507/1 perforated CANCELLED S/N G000000A dated April 58 SO.3610.9.1677	8003460-046	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 10 Pesos	Cuba	AU 55 NET
1958...P88s2	TDLR SPECIMEN No. 125 perforated SPECIMEN + stamped SPECIMEN S/N G000000A	8003460-048	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 10 Pesos	Cuba	68 EPQ
1958...P88b	ISSUED NOTE S/N E040932A	8003460-050	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 10 Pesos	Cuba	64
1960...P79s2	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	8008823-005	Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUESTRA"" 10 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	AU 58 EPQ
1960...P79s2	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped SPECIMEN Uncut sheet of SIX Plate F14115 A2 S/N 00000	8004631-005	Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUESTRA"" 10 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	65 EPQ
1960...P79s2	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped MUESTRA S/N 00000	8003692-014	Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUES 10 Pesos - Printer: ABNC - Black S/N	Cuba	66 EPQ
1960...P79b	ISSUED NOTE S/N D847253A	8006672-001	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 10 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	68 EPQ
1960..P88 NL	TDLR Printer PROOF 507/2 perforated CANCELLED S/N H000000A dated 11-4-60 SO. 3994-9-2855	8003692-022	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 10 Pesos	Cuba	62 NET
1960...P88s3	TDLR SPECIMEN No. 40 perforated SPECIMEN + stamped SPECIMEN S/N H000000A	8003692-023	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 10 Pesos - Printer: TDLR	Cuba	65 EPQ
1960...P88c	ISSUED NOTE S/N Z878087A	8003694-023	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 10 Pesos	Cuba	65 EPQ
1960...P88c*	REPLACEMENT STAR NOTE S/N *034145A	8041757-001	Cuba Replace 10 Pesos RD3 1960 - Printer: TDLR	Cuba	65 EPQ

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