You can buy most foreign currencies over the counter at high-street banks. Occasionally they might have to order large amounts specially for you - but they usually have reasonable quantities available to exchange 'over-the-counter'
On the 19th November 08 £1 was worth 1.40 cuc
The money unit used in Cuba is called 'Peso', 'Cuban Peso', to differentiate it from other currencies names of Latin American countries. There is another official currency, the 'convertible peso', which is the currency in which Cuban workers receive their wages.
CUP (nonconvertible Cuban peso) and CUC (convertible Cuban peso)
Cuban peso (CUP) and Convertible peso (CUC).
Take the currency of your home country, and upon arrival in Cuba change it into Cuban convertable pesos, (CUC) which cannot be purchased outside of Cuba. Make sure your bills are clean and in good condition, it should be noted that for US currency there is an extra surcharge to exchange which is not applied to any other currency.
The exchange rate is always changing due to the economy but in Cuba it's usually about the same. 1 Cuban peso or CUC is 1.08 US dollars. And 1 Canadian dollar is 0.93 Cuban cents/centavos in CUC (the Cuban currency) Well ive heard that 1 dollar here is 27 dollars but im not sure
You cannot buy either Cuban Peso or Cuban Convertible Pesos outside of Cuba. CUC (Cuban Convertible Peso) is for the tourists and you can only buy that in Cuba. You can buy at the airport or at your hotel. The Cuban Pesos is not sold to tourists... and avoid street exchanges!!
The Cuban peso is the national currency of Cuba.
The major legal currency is the Cuban Convertible Peso.The symbol for it CUP.
Cuban coins are called "pesos." The currency in Cuba is the Cuban peso (CUP) and the Cuban convertible peso (CUC). The CUP is used primarily by locals for daily transactions, while the CUC is pegged to the U.S. dollar and used by tourists.
A Cuban marriage certificate is a recognised legal document in the UK.
Battle of Gia Cuc happened on 1883-03-28.