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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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| 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. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI CE BILLET, ÉMIS PAR LA BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI, EN VERTU DE SON CONTRAT DE CONCESSION, ET 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 À PRÉSENTATION AU GUICHET DE LA BANQUE À PORT-AU-PRINCE ET SOUS DÉLAIS DE ROUTE À SES GUICHETS DE PROVINCE. L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE UNE GOURDE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: National Bank of the Republic of Haiti, This note, issued by the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti, under its concession contract, and in accordance with the convention of April 12, 1919, is payable to bearer in legal tender of the United States of America at the rate of five gourdes for one dollar on presentation at the bank counter in Port-au-Prince and under road delays at its provincial counters. Union makes strength.) |
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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.