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2 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of President Dr. François Duvalier in three-quarter portrait, set within an oval frame against a fine guilloche underprint in violet and green tones. The bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI arches across the top, with the denomination numeral 2 rendered in large ornate figures at left and right. An inscription below the portrait reads DOCTEUR FRANCOIS DUVALIER PRESIDENT A VIE, with two facsimile signatures of the Directeur and Administrateur at the lower margin, and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette of the Haitian national coat of arms — a palm tree surmounted by a Liberty cap, with cannons, cannonballs, and flags arranged at its base — rendered in intaglio within an elaborate guilloche border. Large ornamental numeral 2 cyphers fill the left and right fields, and the denomination DEUX GOURDES appears in a panel below the central vignette. A French-language legal tender text occupies the lower portion, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Protection description | the Haitian coat of arms or portrait visible when held to light. |
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