Cuban peso
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The Cuban peso also known as moneda nacional, is the official currency of Cuba.
A one-peso silver certificate
Prices of price-controlled goods in CUP as of 2011.
Shop in 2016 displaying prices in CUP and CUC.
Gold 5 Peso coin depicting José Martí and the Coat of arms of Cuba, engraved by Charles E. Barber, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint and struck at the Philadelphia Mint. The 1915 gold 5-peso coin (on average) contains 8.3592 grams of gold (0.9000 fine) and weighs 0.2419 of an ounce.
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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Cari
Cuban peso
…Cuban peso (peso cubano in Spanish, ISO 4217 code: CUP) also known as moneda nacional (Spanish for 'national currency'), is the official currency of Cuba. The Cuban peso was established by a Cuban law on October 29, 1914. It began circulating in 1915 at parity with the U.S. dollar until 1959–1960. The…
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes is known as Father of the Homeland in Cuba, having declared its independence from Spain in 1868. Céspedes was killed by Spanish troops in 1874.
Human remains from the Cuban War of Independence after the Spanish reconcentration policy, 1898
The Pentarchy of 1933. Fulgencio Batista, who controlled the armed forces, appears at far right