Catalog
2 Gourdes
| Issuer | République d'Haïti (State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central portrait vignette of Emperor Jacques I (Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1758–1806) in military uniform, flanked on either side by the National Coat of Arms of Haiti. An intricate guilloche underprint frames the overall design, with denomination and statutory text laid out in letterpress across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI CE BILLET ÉMIS PAR L'ETAT D'HAÏTI, EN VERTU DE LA LOI DU 22 DÉCEMBRE 1914, A COURS LÉGAL DANS LA RÉPUBLIQUE POUR LA VALEUR DE DEUX GOURDES ET SON REMBOURSEMENT EST GARANTI PAR LES IMPÔTS CRÉÉS PAR LA LOI DU 11 AOÛT 1903, SUR LE RETRAIT DU PAPIER MONNAIE. |
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Haiti's 1919 treasury notes were issued under acute fiscal pressure following the U.S. occupation that began in 1915, when American administrators effectively took control of Haitian customs revenues and public finances. The State Treasury series, rather than notes from the Banque Nationale, reflects the particular administrative arrangement imposed during that period — the Banque Nationale itself had been reorganized under American interests, and treasury obligations circulated alongside bank notes in an uncomfortable parallel.
ABNC produced the series at their New York facilities. The company held the Haitian government account through multiple successive regimes, and the plate work here follows their standard intaglio contract approach for Caribbean clients of the period.