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2 Gourdes Series AH and AY
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Value | 2 Gourdes |
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| Obverse description | A central oval intaglio vignette presents the Citadelle Laferrière (Citadelle Henri Christophe), the massive mountaintop fortress rendered in fine line engraving against a lightly shaded landscape, flanked at left and right by guilloche rosettes incorporating the numeral 2, all set over a multicolour underprint in pink and blue tones. The bank title appears in bold letterpress along the upper margin, with the denomination DEUX GOURDES in a decorative panel below the vignette. Three manuscript signature lines bearing the titles LE PRÉSIDENT, LE DIRECTEUR, and UN ADMINISTRATEUR are arranged in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE / RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI DEUX GOURDES CE BILLET CONFORMÉMENT À LA CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL 1919, EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR LE PRÉSIDENT LE DIRECTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: National Bank of the Republic of Haiti / Two Gourdes / This note, in accordance with the Convention of 12 April 1919, is payable to the bearer in legal tender of the United States of America at the rate of five gourdes per dollar) |
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The two-letter series codes — AH and AY — reflect the volume of notes printed across multiple delivery batches rather than separate issues. At over twelve million pieces, this was a high-volume print run for a denomination that circulated hard in a cash-dependent economy with limited banking infrastructure outside Port-au-Prince.
ABNC's contract printing for Haiti extended across decades of political turbulence, and this note was produced during the consolidation of François Duvalier's personal authoritarian grip — a period when the Banque Nationale operated under severe constraints on its monetary independence.