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CUBA AND PUERTO RICO. PATRIOTIC LOAN. 5 pesos. March 29, 1866. Series D, this loan was issued at the beginning of the Cuban Ten Years' War (1868-78) in order to raise funds for the liberation of Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spain. (Echenagusía: page 85). Extraordinarily rare banknote of which only the two copies photographed in the Echenagusía book were known, both auctioned in 2014 and 2016, this copy is one of those photographed in the Echenagusía book and auctioned (moth point). Good Very Fine.
Tuesday, 4 July 2023 | 16:00
Lot 751