500 Pesos

500 Pesos - obverse500 Pesos - reverse

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Features

Issuer Cuba
Issuing bank Central Bank of Cuba (Banco Central de Cuba)
Period Second Republic (1959-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 2010-2024
Value 500 Pesos
500 CUP = USD 19
Currency Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
Composition Paper
Size 150 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
218106
References P# 131,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
TBB# 917
The Banknote Book (https://www.greysheet.com/publications/the-banknote-book-world-paper-money)
And 3 more volumes.

Obverse

Portrait of Ignacio Agramonte y Loynáz.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE CUBA 500
QUINIENTOS
PESOS BCC
500

Translation:
Central Bank of Cuba
Five Hundred Pesos.

Reverse

(Constituent Assembly in Guáimaro, 10 April 1869) with Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and others gathered around a table with flags and portraits.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500 REPUBLICA DE CUBA
ASAMBLEA CONSTITUYENTE DE GUÁIMARO

Translation:
Republic of Cuba
Constituent Assembly of Guáimaro.

Watermark

Celia Sánchez Manduley and number 500.

500 Pesos -  obverse

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Signatures

Ernesto Medina Villaveirán (EMV) President of Central Bank of Cuba
Irma Margarita Martí­nez Castrillón (IMMC) President of Central Bank of Cuba
Marta Sabina Wilson González (MSWG) Minister President of Central Bank of Cuba
Joaquí­n Alonso Vázquez (JAV) President of Central Bank of Cuba

Printer

Impresos de Seguridad, Havana, Cuba

Comments

Issued by the Banco Central de Cuba (Central Bank of Cuba), and was issued into circulation on February 1, 2015.


Watermark placed at center of note
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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2010  EMV Photo $ 48 24%
2018  IMMC Photo 17% Not listed on Krause
2021  MSWG Photo $ 42 14% Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte
2022  MSWG Photo $ 25 48% Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte
2023  JAV 13%
2024  JAV 2% Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 1138
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 2010 UNC USD 21.55
(EUR 20.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 2597
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 2010 UNC USD 98.06
(EUR 91.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 1139
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 2018 – Not listed on Krause UNC USD 11.85
(EUR 11.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 1140
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 2021 – Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte UNC USD 16.16
(EUR 15.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 1141
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 2021 – Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte UNC USD 67.89
(EUR 63.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 95
Lot 1041
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2023 2021 – Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte VF USD 51.73
(EUR 48.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesosPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesos
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 1142
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 2022 – Watermark: Ignacio Agramonte UNC USD 15.09
(EUR 14.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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