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25 Gourdes
| Issuer | Trésor Public d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The Haitian National Coat of Arms is centred at the top of the note, flanked by the inscriptions LIBERTÉ and ÉGALITÉ. Below, the denomination 25 g.des appears in a framed panel, followed by a bilingual text block in French stating that the note circulates in the Republic for the value of VINGT-CINQ GOURDES by virtue of the law of 16 April 1827, with the Trésor Public guaranteeing payment to the bearer. The lower margin carries two signature lines Vu: Pour le Président de la Chambre des Comptes and Vu: Pour le Trésorier Général, with manuscript signatures; the left vertical border bears the inscription REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI 25 gdes VINGT-CINQ GOURDES Le présent Billet circulera dans la République pour la valeur de VINGT-CINQ GOURDES, en vertu de la Loi du 16 Avril 1827, et le Trésor public garantit la valeur de cette somme au porteur du présent. Vu: Pour le Président de la Chambre des Comptes. Vu: Pour le Trésorier Général. |
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Haiti's 1827 Trésor Public issues came at a particularly fraught moment: the country was still absorbing the consequences of the 1825 indemnity agreement, under which Charles X of France extracted 150 million francs as the price of diplomatic recognition — a debt that would cripple Haitian public finance for over a century. The Trésor Public notes were instruments of a government operating under severe fiscal constraint, not expressions of monetary confidence.
Pick 7 is among the rarer denominations of this early republican series. Surviving examples are almost always heavily circulated, which is consistent with a treasury note that was genuinely used rather than hoarded.