500 Pesos
Cuba · Banco Central de Cuba
The 500 Pesos note, released in 2024, celebrates Ignacio Agramonte, a key military commander during Cuba's Ten Years' War and author of the constitution adopted at Guáimaro. The banknote is printed on cotton fiber paper in a predominant green color. The 2024 issue includes notes printed by both Impresos de Seguridad in Havana and Goznak in Russia, differentiated by their series markings (IG and IGA respectively). The segmented security thread is microprinted with 'BCC 500' and is readable from both sides, while three green intaglio dots near the upper right corner enable identification by the visually impaired.
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ReasonTo honor Ignacio Agramonte, military leader and constitutional author of Cuba's independence movement
DesignObverse: Ignacio Agramonte y Loynáz portrait. Reverse: Constituent Assembly at Guáimaro (April 10, 1869), depicting the founding of the first Cuban republic.
Security featuresSegmented microprinted security thread with 'BCC 500' readable from both sides, three green intaglio dots for blind identification, personalized watermarks, Braille system indicators
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