2 Gourdes

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.