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100 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1951-1964 |
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| Currency | Third gourde (1872-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CENT GOURDES CE BILLET, CONFORMEMENT A LA CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL 1919, EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LEGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CENT GOURDES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti occupied an unusual institutional position during this period — it functioned simultaneously as the central bank and the commercial bank of the state, a dual role that generated chronic instability in note issuance and fiscal management. The 100 Gourdes was the highest denomination in regular circulation across much of this series' lifespan, at a time when the gourde was officially pegged at five to the US dollar, a rate Haiti had maintained since the American occupation years.
American Bank Note Company held the contract through multiple Haitian administrations, including the turbulent transition to the Duvalier government in 1957. The thirteen-year date span of this issue reflects political reluctance to commission redesigns rather than any continuity of policy.