Rare DS in Spanish, signed “Che,” one page, 14 x 11, January 22, 1960. A provisional certificate for a $300,000.00 bank bond from the Cuban National Bank, registering the terms and conditions of the “Issuance of ‘Bonds of the National Institute of Savings and Housing, 1959-1979.’” In fine condition, with a cancellation stamp to the body, as two neat rows of machine cancellations, and some minor haloing to signature. Guevara was at the very top of Castro’s government when this document was signed, serving not only as minister of industries but as president of the Cuban National Bank—and by default the island nation’s finance minister. In that latter capacity, Guevara was required to authorize financial-related documents, which he dismissively and diminutively signed solely as "Che," symbolically showing the Cuban financial sector his distaste for money and the class distinctions it brought about. Accompanied by a full Letter of Authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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