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2 Gourdes

Issuer République d'Haïti
Year 1827
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Value 2 Gourdes
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Obverse description Plain typeset note within a single-rule rectangular border, with the heading REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI centred at top, flanked by the inscriptions Liberté and Égalité. The denomination DEUX GOURDES appears in large letterpress text along the right margin, with the numeral 100 repeated in two cartouches across the centre. A text block in French confirms circulation authority under the law of 16 April 1827, below which a manuscript signature line is printed for Le Membre signataire.
Obverse lettering Liberté, Égalité,
REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI
No.
Le Conducteur
DEUX GOURDES
100 100
Le présent billet circulera dans la République pour la valeur de DEUX GOURDES, et le Trésor public en garantit la valeur au porteur, en vertu de la loi du 16 Avril 1827.
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Reverse description Reverse is entirely blank, without printed text, vignette, or ornamental device, consistent with the simple typeset issues of the early Haitian Republic.
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