Looking at the image below you might imagine that the pile of twenty peso bills is worth more than the pile of ten peso bills.
However, you are wrong.
Cuba has two currencies: Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUC) and Cuban National Pesos (CUP). CUC, which are pegged to the US dollar, are worth 25 times the value of CUP. Cubans get paid in CUP, most tourists wield large bundles of CUC. ‘Luxury’ items can generally only be paid for in CUC.
The system takes a while to get used to and I do made a couple of mistakes.
Cuba's two currencies. The 20s are CUP and the 10s are CUC. Most Cubans earn under 16 CUC a month, so my stash here represents considerable wealth.
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