Catalog
2 Gourdes Treasury bond
| Issuer | République d'Haiti (Treasury) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 2 Gourdes (2 HTG) |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTÉ — EGALITÉ — FRATERNITÉ RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAITI SÉRIE AA BON DU TRÉSOR DEUX GOURDES Emis en vertu de l'Arrêté du 22 Janvier 1915, Remboursable par la moitié des droits de douane disponibles or et gourdes, et par l'émission autorisée par la loi du 22 Décembre 1914. LE DÉLÉGUÉ DES FINANCES LE DÉLÉGUÉ DU COMMERCE |
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| Reverse lettering | LA LOI PUNIT DE MORT LE CONTREFACTEUR |
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Haiti's Treasury bonds of 1915 were issued under extreme fiscal pressure — the country was functionally insolvent, its customs revenues pledged to foreign creditors, and the U.S. military occupation began that same year in July. These circulating bonds were a stopgap, not a conventional banknote issue, reflecting the collapse of normal monetary administration rather than any planned currency reform.
The Pick 128 series is rarely encountered in any condition. Most examples that survived did so outside Haiti, likely removed by American personnel or held by foreign merchants who had reason to preserve rather than spend them.