Libre!: a Cuban convertible peso note with a hollowed center and the words Banco Central de

BROKEN BANKNOTE · 2025

LIBRE! — Libre!

Cuba’s convertible peso promised a currency as good as the dollar. Tourists spent it. Most Cubans were never paid in it. In 2021, it was gone. What remains is a pale, beautiful absence: Che emptied out, Cuba dropped from its own central bank, and a space in the middle, like a seat no one came back for.

CURRENCY
Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC)
SIZE
49 × 30 in
STATUS
Acquired
In progress: Libre! IN PROGRESS
LIBRE!

Like a seat no one came back for.

In progress: Libre!IN PROGRESS