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2 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1920-1924 |
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| Currency | Third gourde (1872-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DEUX GOURDES CE BILLET CONFORMEMENT A LA CONVENTION DU 2 MAI 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 CE BILLET, EMIS PAR LA BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI, EN VERTU DE SON CONTRAT DE CONCESSION, ET CONFORMEMENT A LA CONVENTION DU 2 MAI 1919, EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LEGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR A PRESENTATION AU GUICHET DE LA BANQUE A PORT-AU-PRINCE ET SOUS DELAIS DE ROUTE A SES GUICHETS DE PROVINCE. DEUX GOURDES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti was not an independent institution in any meaningful sense during this period — it operated under the terms of a 1910 concession agreement that gave French and later American financial interests substantial control over Haitian monetary affairs. The 1915 U.S. occupation formalized that grip, and by the time this note was issued, the BNRH's operations were effectively supervised by American officials under the occupation regime.
ABNC's involvement was a direct consequence of that political arrangement, not a competitive tender.