RARE 1949 Cuba - República de Cuba Certificados de Plata (Silver Certificates) 1 Peso Pick #69H Grades vf+. These are from a "tourist stash", that cigar box you use for the leftover cash from a trip abroad. All Cuban currency from 1949 to 1961 was recalled by the government in 1961 and demonetized so a new issue could be made José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature