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5 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1925-1932 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, an oval vignette portrays a woman in classical dress harvesting coffee, rendered in intaglio. The centre carries the denomination numeral 5 within an elaborate guilloche rosette, flanked by serial numbers. The upper border bears the bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI in letterpress, with CINQ GOURDES in bold serif type below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CINQ GOURDES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti during this period was effectively operating under American receivership — the United States had occupied Haiti since 1915, and the national bank itself was controlled by the National City Bank of New York until 1935. The choice of the American Bank Note Company as printer was not a sovereign preference so much as a structural consequence of that arrangement.
The series ran across seven years, which produced meaningful variation in signature combinations — at least three distinct pairings are documented under Pick 162, making signatories the primary differentiator for date-range attribution.