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48 Gourdes Government of South Haiti
| Issuer | Government of South Haiti |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Liberté Egalité $48 QUARANTE-HUIT GOURDES Le présent billet circulera dans la République pour la somme de QUARANTE-HUIT 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 Quarante-Huit Gourdes |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, with no printed design, text, or ornamentation, leaving the paper surface blank apart from age-related toning and handling marks. |
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The Government of South Haiti was a short-lived separatist administration under Sylvain Salnave's opponents during the civil conflict of 1867–1869. When Salnave, who controlled Port-au-Prince and declared himself president, faced armed resistance from the "Cacos" in the north and republican forces in the south, the southern faction issued its own emergency paper currency to fund military operations — this 48 Gourdes note among them.
The 48 Gourdes denomination is peculiar. It has no obvious parallel in standard Haitian monetary practice and likely reflects a specific debt obligation or troop payment calculation rather than a conventional currency unit. Salnave was captured and executed in January 1870.