Signature Set Detail: 7m BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA ISSUED NOTES - VEINTE 20 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.
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.

Signature Set Details:

Slot Name	Slot Comment	Certification #	Note Info	Country	Grade	Photo
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 States	N/A
1949...P NL	ABNC Printer PROOF REVERSE UNIFACE Annotated F 12957	8004687-008	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""PROOF"" 20 Pesos	China	65 EPQ
1949...P80s1	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	8003474-008	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 20 Pesos	Cuba	67 EPQ
1949...P80a	ISSUED NOTE S/N A000040A Low Serial Number	8003474-009	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 20 Pesos	Cuba	64 EPQ
1949...P80a	ISSUED NOTE S/N C088945A	8003474-015	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 20 Pesos	Cuba	67 EPQ
1958...P NL	ABNC Printer PROOF OBVERSE UNIFACE Annotated F 13979	8004687-007	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""PROOF"" 20 Pesos	China	64
1958...P80s2	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	8003474-021	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN"" 20 Pesos	Cuba	67 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	Cuba	65 EPQ
1958...P80s2	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped MUESTRA S/N 00000	8003986-001	Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUES 20 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	66 EPQ
1960...P80s3	ABNC SPECIMEN stamped SPECIMEN S/N K000000A	8003567-003	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN"" 20 Pesos	Cuba	64
1960...P80c	ISSUED NOTE S/N K611243A	8003695-006	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 20 Pesos	Cuba	64
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	Cuba	XF 45 NET
1960...P80c	ISSUED NOTE S/N N294156A	8003695-012	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 20 Pesos	Cuba	66 EPQ

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