Catalog
1 Gourde
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1946-1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio-engraved view of the Citadelle Laferrière perched atop its mountainous promontory, set within an ornate cartouche flanked by two diamond-shaped guilloche panels bearing the monogram of the bank. Multicolour rosette underprints in orange and green appear at left and right, with decorative floral corner pieces at each angle. The bank title runs across the top in a bold letterpress band, the denomination UNE GOURDE appears in a guilloche panel below the central vignette, and a legal-tender text panel with three manuscript signature lines — captioned UN ADMINISTRATEUR, UN DIRECTEUR, and UN ADMINISTRATEUR — is positioned at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI UNE GOURDE CE BILLET, CONFORMÉMENT À LA CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL, 1919, EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR. (Translation: National Bank of the Republic of Haiti, One Gourde, This banknote, in accordance with the convention of April 12, 1919, is payable to the bearer in legal currency of the United States of America at the rate of five gourdes for one dollar.) |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti had a complicated institutional history by the time this series was issued — the bank had been under direct American financial supervision from 1915 until 1947, with the Haitian government only regaining full control of its central bank in the years immediately surrounding this note's print run. The timing is not incidental.
ABNC printed Haitian currency for decades, and their relationship with Port-au-Prince long outlasted the occupation itself. The P#170 gourde belongs to a transitional series issued across a four-year window — individual dates within the 1946–1950 range affect collector interest considerably, with earlier dates commanding more attention.