500 Cuban Pesos Banknote (Ignacio Agramonte)

500 Pesos Peso (Issued 2010-2024)

Embedded within the paper of the 500 Pesos banknote issued by the Banco Central de Cuba is a security thread running vertically through the note, visible as a dark embedded strip that shifts and reflects under varying light conditions, forming part of the broader anti-counterfeiting architecture of this modern Cuban peso series. The note also incorporates a watermark zone to the left of the central portrait, where a guilloché-patterned watermark design — matching the decorative motifs used across the note’s printed surface — can be discerned when held to light. Serial numbers are printed in two positions on the face of the note, providing an additional layer of authentication. These features together reflect the security standards adopted by the Banco Central de Cuba across the 2004–2025 modern peso issue series.

On the front, the dominant figure is the portrait of Ignacio Agramonte, the celebrated Cuban independence fighter and military commander of the Ten Years’ War, whose name is printed clearly beneath his image in capital letters along the lower right of the note. The portrait is rendered in fine intaglio-style engraving in deep blue and navy tones, depicting Agramonte as a young man with dark hair, a moustache, and a neat beard, dressed in a dark formal jacket with a white collar visible beneath. His expression is composed and direct. The background field surrounding the portrait is laid out in pale green and cream tones, with intricate guilloché patterning forming a decorative lattice across the centre and margins of the note. To the upper left, the issuing authority’s name — BANCO CENTRAL DE CUBA — is printed in bold green capital lettering across a teal banner that spans the full width of the note. The denomination text “QUINIENTOS PESOS” is printed in bold red capitals at the centre of the note, with the numeral “500” appearing in large format at the lower left in dark green. The year “AÑO 2010” is printed to the right of the note near the portrait, and the abbreviation “BCC” appears in a light watermark-style rendering to the lower right of the portrait area. Two serial numbers reading “080004” appear on the face, accompanied by the prefix “1A-12”, printed in red. A signature line below the centre reads “PRESIDENTE DEL BANCO”, with an accompanying signature. To the left of the portrait sits a rectangular security panel rendered in dark teal green, bearing a stylised guilloché emblem with interlocking circular forms that serve both a decorative and a security function.

The reverse of the note is printed entirely in a single shade of deep green, presenting a highly detailed engraved scene identified by the caption “ASAMBLEA CONSTITUYENTE DE GUÁIMARO” — the Constituent Assembly of Guáimaro, a landmark moment in Cuban revolutionary history held in April 1869. The scene depicts a group of men seated and standing around a long rectangular table in a formal interior setting, rendered in fine line engraving with considerable compositional depth. A standing figure at the far end of the table appears to be addressing those assembled, while Cuban flags are visible in the background, flanking the gathering. Two circular portrait medallions are positioned in the upper corners of the reverse, each depicting a historical figure in profile. Along the upper edge of the note, the text “REPÚBLICA DE CUBA” is printed in bold capital letters, and the numeral “500” appears prominently at both the lower left and lower right corners. The outer margins of the reverse feature ornate guilloché borders with repeating wave and rosette patterns, and a band of fine micro-geometric patterning runs horizontally beneath the main scene, adding further intricacy to the overall composition.

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