Cuba new 200-, 500-, and 1,000-peso notes (B916a – B918a) confirmed

B916 (P130): 200 pesos (US$7.60)

Orange, brown, and blue-gray. Front: Spanish text; bank logo; student reformer, Frank Isaac País García. Back: Spanish text; CIUDAD ESCOLAR 26 DE JULIO (city school 26 July) building and palm trees in Santiago de Cuba. Windowed security thread with demetalized BCC 200. Watermark: Celia Sánchez Manduley and electrotype 200. Printer: (Impresos de Seguridad). 150 x 70 mm. Paper.

a. 2010. Sig. 2: Medina. Series HA02 – HA24.
Intro: 01.02.2015.

B917 (P131): 500 pesos (US$19)

Green, red, and purple. Front: Spanish text; bank logo; revolutionary, Ignacio Agramonte y Loynáz. Back: Spanish text; ASAMBLEA CONSTITUYENTE DE GUAIMARO (Constituent Assembly in Guáimaro, 10 April 1869) with Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and others gathered around a table with flags a portraits. Windowed security thread with demetalized BCC 500. Watermark: Celia Sánchez Manduley and electrotype 500. Printer: (Impresos de Seguridad). 150 x 70 mm. Paper.

a. 2010. Sig. 2: Medina. Series IA01 – IA22.
Intro: 01.02.2015.

B918 (P132): 1,000 pesos (US$38)

Red, orange, and brown. Front: Spanish text; bank logo; founder of the “internationalized” Cuban Communist Party, Julio Antonio Mella McPartland. Back: Spanish text; UNIVERSIDAD DE LA HABANA (University of Havana). Windowed security thread with demetalized BCC 1000. Watermark: Celia Sánchez Manduley and electrotype 1000. Printer: (Impresos de Seguridad). 150 x 70 mm. Paper.

a. 2010. Sig. 2: Medina. Series JA02 – JA24.
Intro: 01.02.2015.

Courtesy of Claudio Marana.

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