Cuban peso

E63202

The Cuban peso is the official monetary unit of Cuba, used primarily for domestic transactions and issued by the Central Bank of Cuba.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
legal tender
abbreviation CUP
belongsTo Cuban financial system
category national currency
centralBank Central Bank of Cuba
circulatesAs bank deposits
cash
circulationStatus in circulation
continent North America
country Cuba
denominationSystem decimal
denominationType banknotes
coins
exchangeControl subject to Cuban foreign exchange regulations
hasPluralForm pesos cubanos
hasSubunit Cuban centavo
historicalContext socialist planned economy of Cuba
ISO4217Code CUP
issuer Central Bank of Cuba
languageOfName Spanish
legalJurisdiction Republic of Cuba
legalTenderStatus legal tender in Cuba
localSymbol $MN
monetaryAuthority Central Bank of Cuba
monetaryPolicyAuthority Central Bank of Cuba
monetarySystem Cuban monetary system
monetaryUnitOf Cuban economy
nativeName peso cubano
officialCurrencyOf Cuba
peggedTo Cuban convertible peso (historically)
United States dollar (indirectly, historically)
primaryUse domestic transactions
region Caribbean
regulatesInflationWith monetary policy of Central Bank of Cuba
regulator Central Bank of Cuba
scriptOfName Latin script
subunit centavo
subunitToUnit 100 centavos = 1 Cuban peso
symbol $
type fiat currency
unitInCubanAccounting yes
usedBy Cuban government
Cuban residents
Cuban state enterprises
usedFor public services payments
retail purchases
wages
usedIn Cuba


Please wait…