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| Cuban banknotes Silver Certificate 1000 Pesos note of 1950, President Tomas Estrada Palma. |
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| Cuban 1000 Peso banknote - "Casino Note" or "Gangster Note" |
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Obverse: Portrait of Cuban President Tomas Estrada Palma at center.
Reverse: National arms within circle at center, denomination in letters below.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Tomás Estrada y Palma (July 9, 1835, Bayamo – November 4, 1908, Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban political figure. He served as the first President of Cuba between 1902 and 1906.
Cuban 1000 Peso banknote - known as the "Casino Note" or "Gangster Note"
During the 1930’s and through the late 1950’s, a favorite hangout of American gangsters was the Cuban city of Havana. It was a place more elegant than today’s Las Vegas or Atlantic City, a place where anything goes (or went). What happened in Havana stayed in Havana — the city of intrigue? Havana’s high rollers loved to show off their winnings by fl ashing a handful of the 1,000 peso notes, just to demonstrate to onlookers how wealthy they were. The note was nicknamed by the public as the "Gangster bill". It was redeemable for $1,000 US dollars. The notes quickly disappeared as did the gangsters when Fidel Castro took over the country on February 16,1959.