Catalog
1 Gourde
| Issuer | République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI CE BILLET ÉMIS PAR L'ETAT D'HAÏTI, EN VERTU DE LA LOI DU 22 DÉCEMBRE 1914, A COURS LÉGAL DANS LA RÉPUBLIQUE POUR LA VALEUR DE UNE GOURDE ET SON REMBOURSEMENT EST GARANTI PAR LES IMPÔTS CRÉÉS PAR LA LOI DU 11 AOÛT 1903, SUR LE RETRAIT DU PAPIER MONNAIE. |
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| Reverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI 1 UNE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE CETTE ÉMISSION ET CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT À LA LOI. |
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Haiti's finances in 1919 were under direct American supervision — the National City Bank of New York administered the Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti from 1910, and U.S. Marines had occupied the country since 1915. Notes issued during this occupation period were effectively instruments of American monetary control dressed in Haitian republican insignia.
The American Bank Note Company's New York plant produced this series, as it did most Haitian paper currency through this period. The Ottawa imprint sometimes listed alongside ABNC references belongs to the Canadian Bank Note Company — a separate firm entirely — and should not be conflated here.