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10 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette bearing an intaglio portrait of President Dr. François Duvalier in three-quarter view, surrounded by intricate guilloche scrollwork on a green and olive underprint. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large figures at left and right, with the issuing authority 'BANQUE NATIONALE REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI' inscribed across the top. Serial number appears twice in the upper field, with three signature lines and the imprint of the American Bank Note Company at the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DIX GOURDES 10 L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The 1971 series from the Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti was issued under the Duvalier regime — François "Papa Doc" Duvalier had died in April 1971, and his son Jean-Claude assumed power at nineteen. Whether notes from this exact print run were ordered under the father or delivered under the son is a question the ABNC production records would settle, and the answer shifts the political reading considerably.
American Bank Note Company had printed Haitian currency for decades by this point, a relationship that continued largely uninterrupted regardless of who held Port-au-Prince.