Catalog
10 Gourdes
| Issuer | Trésor Public, République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Currency | First gourde (1813-1870) |
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| Obverse description | The centre of the note carries the Haitian National Coat of Arms set within an oval guilloche frame, with circular denomination counters reading $10 positioned to either side. Letterpress text DIX GOURDES runs across the lower centre, while the warning inscription LA LOI PUNIT DE MORT LA CONTREFAÇON appears in the upper panels, and a series letter and serial number are printed in the mid-field. A manuscript authorization line reading Pour le Trésorier Général appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI LA LOI PUNIT DE MORT LA CONTREFAÇON $10 DIX GOURDES 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. Pour le Trésorier Général |
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Haiti's Trésor Public notes of the 1820s were issued during an extraordinarily turbulent fiscal stretch. The 1825 indemnity agreement with France — under which Haiti committed to paying 150 million francs to compensate former colonists for lost property, including enslaved people — immediately destabilized state finances. Domestic paper issues from this period were attempts to manage a treasury that was, in practice, already pledged to Paris.
P#36 is among the rarest of Haitian nineteenth-century issues. Surviving examples are known in single digits globally, and the question of whether any circulated meaningfully or were simply issued and recalled is unresolved in the literature.