Category: Caribbean
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A Revolutionary Bill and Figure: Cuba’s 3 Peso Note
The Peso (CUP), is Cuba’s national currency and has been circulating within the island nation since 1857 in various forms. Cuba, like many other Caribbean islands and nearby Central American nations have indelible links to Spain manifested in culture, language and monetary policy. As a result, the Peso is quite ubiquitous within the Latin world…
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$10 Cayman Islands: The Perpetual Reign
The Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD) was introduced in 1972 as the new currency for the self governing British Overseas territory, that previously shared the Jamaican Dollar as the Caymans’ legal tender. Four denominations were introduced that year starting with $1 followed by $5, $10 and $25. In 1981 the Cayman Islands Currency Board introduced $40…
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50 Dollar Note Trinidad & Tobago: Missing in Action for Over 30 Years!
The $50 (TTD) note issued by the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago first came into existence in 1977 alongside the $100 note. Prior to 1977, the bank’s inaugural dollar series was introduced in 1964 and comprised the following denominations: $1, $5, $10 and $20. This marked the beginning of Trinidad & Tobago’s very own…
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5 Gulden Netherlands Antilles: Out of Touch but Not Out of Reach
The 5 Gulden (ANG) note is part of the “bird series” that was introduced by the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles in 1986. It lived as a banknote for over 10 years until it became replaced by a coin of the same value in 1998. The dimensions of the note are 147 x 66 mm…
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