2 Gourdes Independence

Obverse description	Central vignette bears a portrait of Emperor Jacques I (Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1758–1806) alongside a portrait of President Pierre Nord Alexis (1820–1910), flanked by the National Coat of Arms of Haiti. The layout reflects the commemorative nature of the issue, with intaglio printing typical of American Bank Note Company engraving work of the period.
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Reverse description	The reverse carries the denomination value in a typographic arrangement, likely framed by guilloche ornamental work consistent with American Bank Note Company production standards of the early twentieth century.
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Comments	Haiti's 1903 2 Gourdes was issued during a period of acute financial instability, when the Banque Nationale d'Haïti — itself a French-controlled institution despite its name — was struggling to maintain public confidence in paper currency against a population that strongly preferred coin. The Independence series name references the centenary of Haitian independence, celebrated in 1904, and these notes were likely prepared in anticipation of that anniversary. ABNC's work for Haiti from this period is technically accomplished. The plates were engraved in New York, with security features typical of the company's Latin American commissions of the era.