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24 Gourdes Government of South Haiti
| Issuer | Government of South Haiti |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 24 Gourdes |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Haitian National Coat of Arms, a crowned palm tree flanked by cannons and flags with the legend REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI. The mottoes LIBERTE and EGALITE appear in the upper field on either side, with the section designation SIE. B and the denomination $24 printed at mid-field. The lower portion carries a bearer clause in French stating that the note circulates in the Republic for the sum of VINGT-QUATRE GOURDES, guaranteed by the public treasury per decree of the Government of South Haiti dated 13 October 1868, followed by the manuscript signature of the Treasurer. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted surface, the reverse consisting of blank paper with no text, vignette, or ornamental design. |
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The Government of South Haiti was a breakaway administration that controlled the southern peninsula following the assassination of President Geffrard in 1867 and the civil conflict that preceded the eventual reunification under Salnave. These notes were emergency fiscal instruments issued under genuinely precarious political conditions — not a functioning central bank operation but a government scrambling to pay its obligations.
The 24-gourde denomination is an unusual unit, suggesting conversion arithmetic tied to specific payments or debts rather than a clean monetary series. Pick 55 is among the rarer survivors of this short-lived issuer.