Catalog
25 Gourdes Independence
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Fortress of the Platons (Forteresse des Platons) at Dussis, Haiti, in deep green and burgundy tones against a red and pink multicolour guilloche underprint. The large denomination numeral '25' appears at upper right within a lattice pattern, with a vertical row of stylised numeric ornaments along the left border. Legal-tender notices in both French and Haitian Creole are printed at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Haiti coat of arms watermark |
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The 2004 25 Gourdes was issued to mark the bicentennial of Haitian independence — the 1804 declaration that made Haiti the first Black republic and the first nation born of a successful slave revolt. De La Rue handled the print run, as they had for much of the Banque de la République d'Haïti's modern output. Watermarking is the sole listed security feature, modest by the standards of the period, though Haiti's persistent inflation and dollarization pressures through the early 2000s made counterfeiting low-denomination gourdes a largely unattractive proposition.
Pick 273 is a commemorative issue, not a circulating replacement series, which affects survival rates — commemoratives often see both hoarding and rough handling in equal measure.