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25 Gourdes Government of South Haiti
| Issuer | Government of South Haiti |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 25 Gourdes |
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| Obverse description | The National Coat of Arms of Haiti, a central vignette with a palm tree, cannon, and trophy of flags and arms, is positioned at the upper centre, flanked by the inscriptions "Liberté," and "Egalité." The denomination "$ 25" appears to the right of the arms, with the series designation "Sie. D" to the left. A French-language text body below reads the authorising decree of the Government of South Haiti dated 13 October 1868, with the vertical legend "Vingt-Cinq Gourdes" running along the right border; manuscript signatures appear at left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing only the plain paper stock with show-through of the obverse text and vignette visible in mirror image, consistent with a single-sided letterpress issue. |
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The Government of South Haiti was a short-lived separatist administration under Sylvain Salnave, who controlled the southern peninsula after the country fractured into civil conflict in 1867–68. Salnave had proclaimed himself president of all Haiti, but effective control never extended beyond his immediate strongholds, leaving the south a contested and financially desperate zone. These notes were instruments of a government that collapsed within months of their issue.
Pick 56 is among the rarer emissions from this period precisely because the issuing authority ceased to exist before significant circulation could occur. Surviving examples tend to show folds consistent with brief handling rather than extended use.