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5 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Reference(s) | P#125 |
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| Reverse description | Deep red-brown intaglio print on a fine guilloche underprint. Large numeral '5' vignettes appear at left and right within ornate rosette panels. The central panel carries a warning text in French against counterfeiting, bordered by scrollwork, with 'REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI' inscribed in a rectangular panel below and the printer's imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK' at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE CETTE ÉMISSION ET CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT A LA LOI. RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK |
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The Banque Nationale d'Haïti was not a Haitian institution in any meaningful sense of the word — it operated under a 1880 concession granted to a French financial syndicate, giving foreign interests direct control over the national treasury, customs revenues, and the exclusive right to issue currency. The 1908 series appeared during that arrangement, well before the American occupation of 1915 forced a restructuring of Haitian banking entirely.
ABNC's involvement was typical of the period across Latin America and the Caribbean, though Haiti's political instability through these years meant notes often returned to the bank in poor condition — high turnover, rapid re-issue.