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100 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1925-1932 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CENT GOURDES 100 UN ADMINISTRATEUR UN DIRECTEUR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Haitian National Coat of Arms — a palm tree flanked by cannons, cannonballs, and military trophies beneath a Phrygian cap — set within an oval guilloche frame. Large ornate 100G cyphers in intaglio occupy the left and right panels, flanking the central motif, with the numeral 100 repeated in the surrounding lathe-work. The heading BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI and the denomination CENT GOURDES appear in letterpress, with a French-language obligation clause and the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY at the foot. |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti during this period was operating under a peculiar arrangement: the bank was effectively controlled by the National City Bank of New York following the 1915 U.S. occupation, which placed American financial interests directly over Haitian monetary policy until 1934. These high-denomination notes circulated within an economy where that figure represented serious purchasing power, and the American Bank Note Company contract was a direct consequence of that occupation-era financial architecture rather than any independent procurement decision by Haiti.
The gourde had been pegged at five to the U.S. dollar since 1919, a rate that held with unusual stability through this entire issue period.