Catalog
2 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Emperor Jacques I of Haiti (Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1758–1806) alongside the National Coat of Arms, set within an elaborate guilloche border typical of late nineteenth-century intaglio banknote engraving. |
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| Reverse description | The note is printed in dark blue ink on a dense guilloche underprint, with a large numeral '2' vignette repeated on each lateral panel flanking a central text block bearing the anti-counterfeiting legal warning, all surmounted by the inscription 'REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI' in a decorative cartouche at top centre. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE CETTE EMISSION, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES SERONT PUNIS CONFORMEMENT A LA LOI. |
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