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5 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1986-1988 |
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| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian Coat of Arms — a palm tree flanked by cannons, cannonballs, and flags above a scroll reading 'L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE' — appears as a central intaglio vignette within an elaborate orange guilloche panel. The denomination '5' is printed in large numeral at right within a decorative cartouche, and 'CINQ GOURDES' appears in bold letterpress below the central design. The bank title 'BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI' is inscribed at the top. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Pick 246 belongs to a series issued across one of the most unstable periods in modern Haitian political history — the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier in February 1986 and the turbulent succession of provisional governments that followed. The Banque de la République d'Haïti continued issuing notes through the chaos largely as a matter of institutional inertia, not monetary confidence.
Giesecke & Devrient had supplied Haitian currency production for decades by this point, printing from Munich rather than the Leipzig headquarters. The watermark is the sole security feature — modest protection for a denomination worth only a fraction of a US dollar at prevailing black market rates during these years.