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100 Gourdes Government of South Haiti
| Issuer | Government of South Haiti |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Currency | First gourde (1813-1870) |
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| Obverse description | The Haitian National Coat of Arms — a palm tree flanked by cannons and flags with the motto LIBERTE OU LA MORT — is centrally placed at the top. Two rectangular value panels each reading $100 flank the arms at left and right, with the words Liberté and Egalité above them respectively. A French-language text below states the note circulates for the sum of CENT GOURDES, guaranteed by the public treasury conforming to the arrêté of the Government of South Haiti dated 13 October 1868, followed by manuscript signatures of the Membres Signataires. |
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| Obverse lettering | Liberté Egalité $ 100 $ 100 CENT GOURDES Le présent Bilet circulera dans la République pour la somme de CENT GOURDES et le Trésor public en garantit la valeur au porteur, conformément à l'arrêté du gouvernement de l'État du Sud d'Haïti, en date du 13 octobre 1868. Vu: les Membres Signataires Pour le Trésorier Cent Gourdes. |
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The Government of South Haiti was not a secessionist state in the conventional sense — it emerged from the political fracture following the assassination of President Geffrard in 1867, when rival administrations briefly claimed authority over different parts of the island. These emergency treasury notes were issued under Sylvain Salnave's faction before he consolidated national control and declared himself president in 1867, with the final collapse coming after his execution in January 1870.
Paper money from this period is exceptionally rare in any form. The political instability meant limited print runs, poor record-keeping, and active destruction of rival-government documents after reunification. Pick 58 is among the least-documented notes in Haitian paper money.