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The Americas · Havana, Cuba · G073

Havana Permuta

Families swapped homes when they could not buy or sell them.

Front of Havana Permuta: 2 Keys, inspired by Permuta (home swap), with actual Noun #67
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Havana Permuta: the Permuta (home swap) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #67
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #67, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Havana Permuta: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #67 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Havana Permuta: a color medallion of Noun #67 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since the 1960s

Permuta (home swap)

With home sales effectively banned after Cuba's 1960 Urban Reform, families moved by swapping homes in a permuta; a 2011 decree-law legalised sales, but the permuta remains a legal way to move.

Source: Housing in Cuba (Wikipedia) ↗

How a note would work

Keys are earned by opening your home for a swap or a stay and spent on a stay in another member's home. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

Front SVG ↓ Back SVG ↓ Machine edition
  • PlaceHavana, Cuba
  • Erasince the 1960s
  • RegionThe Americas
  • UnitKey · Keys
  • Face value2 Keys
  • SerialGB-G073-N0067
  • NounActual Noun #67 ↗
  • Why this NounBaseball is Havana's great passion, as much a part of the city as its permutas.
  • Headbaseball gameball
  • Glassessquare yellow orange multi
  • Bodypeachy B
  • Accessorywave
  • Seedbg 0 · body 20 · acc 128 · head 7 · glasses 19