Catalog
1 Gourde
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 1 Gourde |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI UNE GOURDE CE BILLET ÉMIS CONFORMÉMENT, À LA CONSTITUTION LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI, EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR. (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Haiti, One Gourde, This banknote, issued in accordance with the constitution of the Republic of Haiti, is payable to the holder in legal currency of the United States of America at the rate of Five Gourdes for a dollar.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI UNE GOURDE CE BILLET EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE. L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE UNITED STATES BANKNOTE COMPANY (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Haiti, One Gourde, This banknote is payable to the holder at the rate of Five Gourdes for a dollar in legal currency of the United States of America. Union Makes Strength.) |
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The United States Banknote Company closed its doors in 1989 — the same year this note was printed — after over a century of production. It was absorbed into the American Banknote Corporation, making late USBKC issues like this one effectively the final output of a firm that had been printing Haitian currency for decades.
The 1 Gourde denomination by this point was worth fractions of a U.S. cent in real terms, having been gutted by chronic inflation and political instability throughout the 1980s. Circulation life was short.