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10 Gourdes
| Issuer | Trésor Public d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1827 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTÉ , ÉGALITÉ Série A. N° 1. DIX GOURDES. DIX GOURDES. RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI Le présent billet circulera dans la République pour la valeur de dix gourdes, et le Trésor public en garantit la valeur au porteur, en vertu de la loi du 16 Avril 1827. Le Membre Signataire. Le Contrôleur. Dix Gourdes |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, without printed design or lettering. |
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Haiti's Trésor Public issues of the 1820s were printed domestically under severely limited technical conditions — this was not a note produced by one of the major European security printers. The young Haitian state, having paid an enormous indemnity to France beginning in 1825 in exchange for diplomatic recognition, was under acute fiscal pressure at precisely the moment this series entered circulation.
P#20 is among the earliest surviving Haitian paper issues and genuine circulated examples are exceptionally rare. The 1827 date places it within the presidency of Jean-Pierre Boyer, whose administration managed both the indemnity negotiations and the brief unification of Hispaniola.