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10 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1984-1985 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a portrait of President Jean-Claude Duvalier against an intricate guilloche underprint in green and pink tones. The bank title BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI arches across the top, with the denomination numeral 10 repeated at left and right within ornate scroll work. A legal tender text and signature panel appear at the lower centre, with the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI JEAN-CLAUDE DUVALIER PRÉSIDENT À VIE DIX GOURDES DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The American Bank Note Company had a near-monopoly on Haitian currency production for much of the twentieth century, a relationship that outlasted multiple coups, the Duvalier dictatorship, and successive monetary reforms. This particular series was printed during the final years of Jean-Claude Duvalier's rule, before his flight into exile in February 1986 ended nearly three decades of family control over the country.
P#242 carries the ABNC imprint as part of a long-running contract that changed remarkably little in design vocabulary across decades of political upheaval — which is itself a telling detail about who held continuity of power in Haiti regardless of what happened at the top.