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REPUBLICA DE CUBA - REPUBLIC OF CUBA IN ARMS CURRENCY ISSUED IN 1869

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THE UPRISING OF THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE IN CUBA TOOK PLACE IN "LA DEMAJAGUA" SUGAR MILL ON OCTOBER 10th., 1869 WHEN CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES, ITS OWNER, BURNED THE MILL TO THE GROUND AND FREED HIS SLAVES. CESPEDES THUS BECAME THE LEADER OF THE UPRISING AND LATER THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC IN ARMS. A DELEGATION WAS CREATED IN NEW YORK "LA JUNTA REPUBLICANA DE CUBA Y PUERTO RICO" TO REPRESENT THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT OF THE TWO ISLANDS ADEPTLY NAMED BY JOSE MARTI AS [THE TWO WINGS OF THE SAME BIRD.] BY 1869 THE JUNTA HAD COMMISSIONED THE PRINTING OF THESE NOTES. THE NAME OF THE BANKNOTE COMPANY IS MISSING FROM THE NOTES AND HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SPECULATION FOR MANY YEARS, HOWEVER AT THE SALE OF THE AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO. ARCHIVES, THE FIRST CUBAN LOT AUCTIONED WAS OFFERED AS A "SPECIMEN" SET OF THIS ISSUE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO ACQUIRE THIS SET FOR MY CABINET. THE LOT WAS COMPOSED OF STOCK PAGES WITH NOTES GLUED IN VALUES RANGING FROM 50 CENTS TO 50 PESOS. SOME WERE ISSUED NOTES WHILE OTHERS SHOWED NO SERIAL NUMBERS AND HAD TWO CANCELATION HOLES IN THE SIGNATURE AREA. OF EXTREME INTEREST WAS A TYPEWRITTEN NOTATION MADE ON A CONTEMPORARY BLANK STOCK PAGE (with very old typewriter letters) READING AS FOLLOWS: "REPUBLIC OF CUBA 1869 - We have plate proofs on India and some specimens (filed in the plate proof file). These impressions have no imprint. We have not been able to ascertain the company that made these notes. The vignette die was with the National Bank Note Company stock but does not bear their imprint. There does not seem to be any record anywhere concerning these notes. Even inquired at the Cuban Consulate."



IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DURING 1879 THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY MERGED WITH THE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, THUS WE MUST ARRIVE AT THE CONCLUSION THAT THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY DID IN FACT PRINT THE REPUBLICA DE CUBA NOTES IN 1869.


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Signature Set Details:

Slot NameSlot CommentCertification #Note InfoCountryGradePhoto
1869...P54 NBNC UNIFACE Reference Specimen
Serial Letter 0 -Serial No. 5121
with Red Seal -mounted on Card Stock ex ABNC Archive Sale 		8005714-001 $1 United StatesN/A
1869...P54r NBNC UNIFACE SPECIMEN
Serial Letter A Without Serial No.
with Red Seal 		8006626-003 Cuba, Republica De Cuba
50 Centavos 		Cuba63
1869...P54r NBNC UNIFACE SPECIMEN
Serial Letter J
Without Serial No. -with Red Seal 		8006626-026 Cuba Republica De Cuba
50 Centavos 		Cuba63
1869...P54r NBNC UNIFACE SPECIMEN
Serial Letter N
Without Serial No. -with Red Seal 		 
1869...P54r NBNC UNIFACE SPECIMEN Vertical Pair / Serial Letters L + P
Without Serial No. -with Red Seal 		8006626-041 Cuba Republica De Cuba
50 Centavos 		CubaAU 58 NET
1869...P54r NBNC UNIFACE SPECIMENS
FULL SHEET Serial Letters A - P
Without Serial No. -with Red Seal 		8005422-002 Cuba República De Cuba
50 Centavos 		CubaXF 45 NET
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTE
Serial Letter C
Serial No. 1263 - with Red Seal 		 
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTE
Serial Letter D Serial No. 1081 - with Red Seal 		 
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTE
Serial Letter F
Serial No. 1081 - with Red Seal 		8006626-015 Cuba Republica De Cuba
50 Centavos 		Cuba65 EPQ
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTE
Serial Letter H
Serial No. 798 - with Red Seal 		8006626-020 Cuba, Republica De Cuba
50 Centavos 		Cuba65 EPQ
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTE
Serial Letter I
Serial No. 5024 - with Red Seal 		 
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTE
Serial Letter L
Serial No. 1132 - with Red Seal 		 
1869...P54r ISSUED UNIFACE NOTES
QUATRO FOIL SHEET
Serial Letters C-D-G-H Serial No. 12423 - with Red Seal 		1520917-001 Cuba Republica De Cuba
50 Centavos 		CubaAU 55 NET
1869...P54a ISSUED UNIFACE NOTES
FULL SHEET Serial Letters A - P
Serial No. 1173 - with Red Seal 		8005422-001 Cuba República De Cuba
50 Centavos 		CubaXF 40 NET
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