Silver certificate (Cuba)

[4][nb 1] Beginning in the late 1860s, Cuba contracted the National Bank Note Company (NBNC) for two issues of banknotes in 1869[5] and 1872.

[14] In a letter dated 2 March 1934, Cuban Ambassador Manuel Márquez Sterling wrote to Secretary of State Cordell Hull requesting that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) prepare silver certificates on behalf of the Republic of Cuba.

[17] Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. gave initial authorization to the Cuban request to engage the BEP on 23 April 1934.

[23][24][25] Between 1934 (when the BEP was engaged to produce the silver certificates) and 1949 (the delivery of the last series of notes) Cuba's government was fairly volatile.

[28] He resigned his cabinet position at the end of November, three weeks before an arrest warrant was issued (15 December 1934)[43] charging him with embezzlement.

[44][nb 7] The BEP received instructions from the Cuban government to replace the Landa signature with Despaigne which was put into effect in December 1934.