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25 Centimes Northern Republic of Haiti
| Issuer | République Septentrionale d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Value | 25 Centimes (0.25 HTG) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in dark blue ink and composed of dense, interlocking guilloche scrollwork forming a central oval panel. Within the panel, a bold French-language warning text states that those who counterfeit or falsify the treasury notes of the Northern Government of Haiti, or who make use of such counterfeits, will be punished by death. The four corners each bear the numeral '25' set within circular guilloche rosettes, and the Homer Lee Bank Note Co. New York imprint appears at the bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DU TRÉSOR OU DE HAÏTI, AUTORISÉS PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT SEPTENTRIONAL D'HAÏTI, OU QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS, SERONT PUNIS DE MORT. THE HOMER LEE BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK. |
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The République Septentrionale d'Haïti was not a separate nation but a short-lived political fiction — the northern breakaway administration under Florvil Hyppolite, who controlled the Département du Nord following the civil conflict that ousted Lysius Salomon in 1888. These notes were issued to finance Hyppolite's campaign before he reunified the country by force and assumed the full presidency in October 1889. The Homer Lee Bank Note Company, a New York firm that competed aggressively for Caribbean and Latin American government contracts in the 1880s, handled the printing.
The political window for these notes was narrow — roughly a year — which kept issued quantities low and circulation geographically confined to the northern departments.