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1 Gourde
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Value | 1 Gourde |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Dr. François Duvalier, President for Life, set within a lozenge-shaped guilloche frame flanked by two large numeral '1' panels with ornate scrollwork underprint. The bank title arches across the top, with the denomination UNE GOURDE in a bold letterpress panel at centre-bottom, below which a three-line legal tender text runs in small lettering; three signature lines for LE PRÉSIDENT, LE DIRECTEUR and UN ADMINISTRATEUR appear at foot. |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian national coat of arms occupies a central circular vignette, rendered in fine intaglio line engraving, showing a palm tree, cannons, cannonballs, flags and the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE on a ribbon below. The coat of arms is surrounded by a dense block of legal text arranged in a cartouche, flanked left and right by tall numeral '1' pillars set against heavily tooled guilloche backgrounds. The bank title curves along the outer border, with UNE GOURDE in a letterpress panel at the bottom and the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY at the foot. |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti relied almost exclusively on the American Bank Note Company for its currency production through the Duvalier years — a relationship that predated François Duvalier's presidency and continued under Jean-Claude, who assumed power in 1971 following his father's death. By 1973, Haiti's monetary system was under significant strain, with the gourde pegged at five to the US dollar, a rate the government defended with increasing difficulty.
The P#210 series is among the more commonly encountered Haitian issues of the period, though notes that saw genuine street circulation in Port-au-Prince tend to show heavy soiling along the horizontal folds.