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10 Gourdes = 1 000 Centimes
| Issuer | Trésorerie Générale d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Value | 10 Gourdes |
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| Obverse description | The Haitian National Coat of Arms is engraved at the top centre, flanked by the inscriptions "Liberté" and "Egalité". A central diamond-shaped guilloche frame encloses the numeral "1000" in a boxed vignette, with the serial number positioned to its left. A French-language text below the frame states the note circulates in the Republic for the value of ten gourdes under the law of 16 April 1827, guaranteed by the Public Treasury, with the denomination "Dix Gourdes" printed vertically in large letters along both lateral margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | Liberté Egalité Dix Gourdes. 1000 Le présent Billet circulera dans la République pour la valeur de DIX GOURDES, en vertu de la Loi du 16 Avril 1827, et le Trésor Public garantit la valeur de cette somme au porteur du présent. Le Trésorier Général, |
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Haiti's Trésorerie Générale issued this note just two decades after independence, at a time when the new republic was still financially strangled by the 1825 indemnity agreement — the 150 million francs demanded by France in exchange for diplomatic recognition. Domestic paper currency was an administrative necessity under these conditions, not a sign of monetary confidence.
P#6A is among the earliest documented Haitian paper issues and survives in very small numbers. Whether that reflects limited original production or near-total destruction in circulation is not established in the literature.