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10 Gourdes
| Issuer | Trésor Public 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 — a palm tree surmounted by a Phrygian cap, flanked by cannons and trophies of arms — is centred within a plain typeset frame. The denomination DIX GOURDES appears in letterpress twice flanking the vignette, with LIBERTÉ and ÉGALITÉ inscribed above. A text panel below the arms states the note's legal authority under the law of 16 April 1827, with manuscript signature lines for Le Membre Signataire and Le Contrôleur. RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI is printed vertically in the left border, and DIX GOURDES vertically in the right border. |
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| 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.