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250 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1986-1988 |
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| Reference(s) | P#251 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DEUX CENT CINQUANTE GOURDES SERIES 1988 250 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI DEUX CENT CINQUANTE GOURDES L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE CE BILLET EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR EN MONNAIE LEGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY 250 |
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The 250 Gourdes denomination was introduced into the Haitian series during the mid-1980s as the country's economic deterioration accelerated under Jean-Claude Duvalier's final years in power — and then his February 1986 flight into exile. Notes issued across this window carry dates spanning a political rupture that ended nearly three decades of Duvalier family rule, which gives the series an unintentional historical bracket.
ABNC printed the bulk of Haiti's banknotes throughout the twentieth century, maintaining that contract through successive political regimes. The 250 Gourdes was among the higher denominations in active circulation at a time when the gourde's real purchasing power had already eroded considerably against the U.S. dollar — the peg of 5 gourdes to 1 dollar, fixed since 1919, was by this period largely fictional in practice.