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4 Gourdes Government of South Haiti
| Issuer | Government of South Haiti |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Liberté Égalité Sic. L $4 QUATRE GOURDES Le présent billet circulera dans la République pour la somme de QUATRE GOURDES, et le Trésor public en garantit la valeur au porteur, conformément à l'arrêté du gouvernement du Sud d'Haïti, en date du 13 octobre 1868. Pour le Trésorier, |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, consisting of unprinted paper with no vignette, text, or ornamental elements, consistent with the simple emergency issue character of this note. |
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The Government of South Haiti issued its own currency during the period of political fracture following the fall of Fabre Geffrard in 1867, when rival factions effectively split administrative control of the country. Notes issued under the southern government's authority were purely local instruments, accepted within a limited geographic zone and never unified into a national series.
Pick 52 is among the rarer products of this short-lived parallel authority. The issuing government ceased to function when Nissage Saget consolidated control and reunified Haitian administration in 1869, leaving these notes with an effective circulation window of roughly one to two years.