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250 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DEUX CENT CINQUANTE GOURDES CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL 1919 EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LEGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DEUX CENT CINQUANTE GOURDES L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti placed this order with ABNC during the height of the Duvalier regime — François "Papa Doc" Duvalier died in April 1971, meaning this note entered circulation under his son Jean-Claude almost immediately after printing. The 250 gourdes denomination sat at the top of the series, far beyond ordinary daily transactions in a country where most commerce moved in small change.
ABNC had supplied Haitian currency for decades by this point, a relationship stretching back to the American occupation period. The watermark is the sole security provision — no security thread, no color-shifting ink.