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1 Gourde
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1980-1982 |
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| Value | 1 Gourde |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI DOCTEUR FRANÇOIS DUVALIER PRÉSIDENT À VIE UNE GOURDE CE BILLET, ÉMIS CONFORMÉMENT À LA CONSTITUTION DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR LE GOUVERNEUR LE GOUVERNEUR ADJOINT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | The Haitian national coat of arms is engraved at centre, comprising a royal palm tree flanked by a trophy of cannons, cannonballs, and weapons, with the national motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE inscribed on a ribbon below. The central vignette is enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border with corner numeral counters and ornamental scrollwork. The denomination UNE GOURDE is set within a decorative panel at the foot of the note. |
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The Banque de la République d'Haïti's relationship with the American Bank Note Company stretched across most of the twentieth century, and this small-denomination note falls within a period when Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's government was maintaining a studied fiction of monetary stability. The gourde had been pegged to the US dollar at 5:1 since 1919 — one of the longest-held fixed exchange rates in Caribbean history — and printing low denominations through a prestige New York security printer was part of sustaining that credibility.
ABNC's contract work for Haiti during this period used intaglio printing for key elements despite the note's modest face value.