Before Castro decided to change everything around, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes was on the ten peso bill.
Benito Juarezis is on the Mexican 20 peso bill
Emilio Aguinaldo on the coin bill, the paper bill doesn't exist nowadays.
CUP (nonconvertible Cuban peso) and CUC (convertible Cuban peso)
Cuban peso was created in 1857.
The face on the Philippine one peso bill is that of Jose Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines who played a significant role in the country's fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
Cuban convertible peso was created in 1994.
The Cuban Peso.
The Philippine 1 peso bill was changed into a coin in 1972 as part of the country's shift to a decimal currency system. The new coin was introduced to streamline transactions and improve the efficiency of currency circulation.
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!!
in rough translation: peso in spanish is the term for their currency nuevo in spanish means new so, his face is on the new 100 peso bill. (such as a new 20 dollar bill being adorned with a different figurehead)
Cuban Peso
The Cuban peso is the national currency of Cuba.