Signature Set Detail: 7o BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA ISSUED NOTES - CIEN 100 PESOS 1950 - 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
1950...P NL	ABNC FINAL Progress Proof VIGNETTE of VICENTE AGUILERA - Proof SPECIAL V-91997 - mounted on cardboard. Reverse without annotation.	8022478-004	$1	United States	N/A
1950...P82s1	ABNC SPECIMEN - stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	2501393-004	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 100 Pesos	Cuba	67 EPQ
1950...P82a	ISSUED NOTE S/N A581525A	8005710-002	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 100 Pesos	Cuba	66 EPQ
1950...P82a	VERY LAST ISSUED NOTE S/N A1000000A	8015096-013	Cuba, Banco Nacional De Cuba 100 Pesos 1950	Cuba	VF 35
1954...P82s2	ABNC SPECIMEN - stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	2501393-010	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 100 Pesos	Cuba	68 EPQ
1954...P82b	ISSUED NOTE B555522A	2501393-012	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba 100 Pesos	Cuba	66 EPQ
1958...P82s3	ABNC SPECIMEN - stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	2501393-014	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN"" 100 Pesos	Cuba	67 EPQ
1958...P82s3	ABNC SPECIMEN - stamped MUESTRA S/N 00000	2501393-016	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIME 100 Pesos	Cuba	68 EPQ
1959...P93s1	ABNC SPECIMEN - stamped SPECIMEN S/N 00000	8003762-001	Cuba 100 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	67 EPQ
1959...P93s1	ABNC SPECIMEN - stamped MUESTRA S/N 00000	8003761-013	Cuba ""SPECIMEN / MUES 100 Pesos - Printer: ABNC	Cuba	67 EPQ
1959...P93a	ISSUED NOTE S/N C180875A	8016804-002	Cuba, Banco Nacional De Cuba 100 Pesos 1959	Cuba	68 EPQ
1960...P93 NL	ABNC Printer SPECIMEN - perforated SPECIMEN S/N E000001A - E1000000A Annotated F 131878 dated 9/11/60 (Nov) printed 12345 on top margin	8005710-005	Cuba Banco Nacional De Cuba ""SPECIMEN"" 100 Pesos	Cuba	64 NET

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