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The Cuban peso (in Spanish peso cubano, ISO 4217 code: CUP) also known as moneda nacional, is the official currency of Cuba.. The Cuban peso historically circulated at par with the Spanish-American silver dollar from the 16th to 19th centuries, and then at par with the U.S. dollar from 1881 to 1959.
In 1981–1989, Cuba used so-called INTUR coins and cheques. Convertible foreign currency was exchanged into these cheques rather than the national currency, which could be used to buy some luxury goods not available for purchase in the national currency. Also, from 1985, Banco Nacional de Cuba issued foreign exchange certificates of various types.
In Cuba between 1993 and 2004, a dollar store (Spanish: tienda de dólares), officially Tiendas de Recaudación de Divisas ("Foreign Currency Collection Shops") or Tiendas Recuperadoras de Divisas ("Foreign Currency Recovery Shops"), was a government-owned shop that sold goods solely in exchange for hard currency, originally mainly to foreigners and tourists, in the same way as a friendship ...
The Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of Bohemia was the first thaler (dollar). Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies.The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that still survives.
Tourism was regarded as the only stable sector of the Cuban economy and became the subject of policy changes to enhance its development. Cuba legalized the use of the US dollar and created a dual currency system, one based on the dollar and the Cuban convertible peso with the other system based on the Cuban peso. Different institutions and ...
From 1970 to 1980, the Soviet Union was fully immersed in Cuba's economic affairs. [12] In 1972, Cuba joined the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, COMECON, [12] and by the end of the 1980s, 85% of Cuba's foreign trade was with members of COMECON. [11] From 1985 to 1989, 74.4% of all Cuban exports were sugar and related products. [13]
The Central Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Central de Cuba, BCC) is the central bank of Cuba. It was created in 1997 to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Nacional de Cuba ), which was established on 23 December 1948 [ 2 ] and began operations on 27 April 1950.
The economy of Cuba is a planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises. In the 1990s, the ruling Communist Party of Cuba encouraged the formation of worker co-operatives and self-employment. In the late 2010s, private property and free-market rights along with foreign direct investment were granted by the 2018 Cuban constitution.