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1 Gourde
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of President Dr. François Duvalier (inscribed below as "DOCTEUR FRANÇOIS DUVALIER PRÉSIDENT À VIE"), set within an ornate guilloche frame flanked by numeral "1" cartouches on both sides, with a light blue underprint extending across the note. Bank title in bold letterpress across the top, denomination UNE GOURDE in a panel below the portrait, and a three-signature line (LE PRÉSIDENT, LE DIRECTEUR, UN ADMINISTRATEUR) at the bottom above the printer's imprint. |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian National Coat of Arms — a central intaglio vignette enclosed within a circular legend band, surrounded by dense guilloche scrollwork filling the entire field. Numeral "1" cartouches appear at left and right within elaborate foliate borders, and the denomination UNE GOURDE is inscribed in a decorated panel at the base of the note. The printer's imprint appears below in the bottom margin. |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti had its printing contract with the American Bank Note Company for decades, a relationship that outlasted multiple Duvalier-era currency reforms. This 1 Gourde belongs to a series introduced under François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, whose government tightly controlled the money supply — not through orthodox central banking, but through direct presidential intervention in the national bank's operations.
A print run of over twelve million for the lowest circulating denomination reflects the chronic underbanking of the Haitian economy at the time, where small-denomination notes functioned as the primary transactional currency for most of the population.