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2 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1980-1982 |
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| Value | 2 Gourdes (2 HTG) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE DEUX GOURDES CE BILLET, ÉMIS PAR LA BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI, EN VERTU DE L'ARTICLE 149 DE LA CONSTITUTION ET CONFORMÉMENT À LA LOI DU 17 AOÛT 1979 (ARTICLE 2 - PARAGRAPHE 9), EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the paper |
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| Comments |
The P#231 series was printed by the American Bank Note Company during a politically volatile stretch of the Duvalier era — Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" had inherited power from his father in 1971 and was attempting to project economic stability that the country's finances did not support. The 2 Gourdes was a workhorse denomination in a monetary system chronically short of hard currency, and ABNC's involvement reflected Haiti's long dependence on U.S.-based security printers stretching back decades.
The gourde itself had been pegged at 5 to the U.S. dollar since 1919, a rate that held with remarkable rigidity well into the 1980s despite profound fiscal pressure.