Catalog
10 Gourdes
| Issuer | République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI Liberté Égalité 10 Gs. Dix Gourdes 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. Vu: Pour le Président de la Chambre des Comptes. Vu: Pour le Trésorier Général. Vu: Pour le Secrétaire d'État des Finances, etc. |
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| Variants | P#4a - thin paper P#4b - thick paper |
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Haiti's earliest paper currency issues were born from fiscal desperation. The newly independent state had signed the 1825 indemnity agreement with France — committing to 150 million francs in reparations to compensate former colonists — and internal finance was in ruins. The 1827 notes were part of a short-lived experiment in domestic paper emission under President Boyer, attempting to manage a treasury that had essentially no functioning base.
The series failed quickly. Public confidence in government paper was nearly nonexistent, and the notes were withdrawn within a few years. Survivors are genuinely rare, and the Pick catalog entry remains thin on printing details — the source press has not been conclusively documented.