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2 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Value | 2 Gourdes (2 HTG) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE / REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DE 499046 DEUX GOURDES CE BILLET, CONFORMEMENT A LA CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL 1919, EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LEGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR LE PRESIDENT LE DIRECTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the paper. |
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Thomas De La Rue printed several Haitian series during the 1960s, but the 2 Gourde denomination was among the lower-value notes kept in active street circulation longest — meaning surviving examples in high grade are genuinely uncommon despite the note not being particularly old. The Gourde was pegged at 5 to the US dollar throughout the Duvalier period, a rate maintained artificially through strict currency controls rather than economic fundamentals.
Pick 191 belongs to a series issued under François Duvalier's government, when the Banque Nationale served as both central bank and commercial institution — a dual role that ended with the 1979 separation into the Banque de la République d'Haïti.