Cuban Peso in Gibraltar Pound

CUP Cuban Peso

Country of application:
Cuba

Coin denominations in circulation:
20 centavos, 1, 3, 5 Cuban pesos.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 Cuban pesos.

History reference:
The Cuban peso (sign $MN, code CUP) is the national currency of Cuba, used in conjunction with the convertible peso. The first issue of the currency took place in 1857. Prior to this, the country use...d to pay for the Spanish real. In tourism, the country still uses another currency - the convertible Cuban peso. However, recently it has become possible to pay with US dollars in shops and hotels. The government plans to completely remove the convertible currency and leave only the CUP.

GIP Gibraltar Pound

Country of application:
Gibraltar

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50 Gibraltar pound.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 pennies, 1, 2, 5 Gibraltar pound.

History reference:
The Gibraltar pound has been the national currency and money of Gibraltar since 1927, although Gibraltar received the right to print its banknotes only in 1934. The Gibraltar pound is pegged to the p...ound sterling at a ratio of 1:1. The name Gibraltar comes from the ancient Arabic language, where it literally means "Mount Tariq" - the Arab commander Tariq ibn Ziyad, who crossed Gibraltar to Europe to capture the Iberian Peninsula. Currently, Gibraltar has the status of a British Overseas Territory, with sufficient autonomy. Gibraltar, which is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is part of the EEC and the EEC customs union, but is not included in the euro area, which allows the territory to adopt its own liberal tax and financial laws, being an offshore zone.