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5 Gourdes Series G-M
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1951-1964 |
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| Value | 5 Gourdes (5 HTG) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI CINQ GOURDES 5 CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL 1919 EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LÉGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Haitian National Coat of Arms — a palm tree flanked by cannons and cannonballs beneath a Phrygian cap — set within an elaborate guilloche surround. Large interlaced monogram letters in orange on each side serve as the primary decorative elements. The bank title and denomination CINQ GOURDES appear in letterpress above and below the central vignette respectively, with the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY along the bottom margin. |
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The Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti relied heavily on the American Bank Note Company throughout the mid-twentieth century, a dependency rooted in Haiti's limited domestic printing infrastructure and the ABNC's long-standing dominance across Caribbean and Latin American government contracts. This note falls within a series spanning thirteen years — an unusually long print run that reflects institutional inertia rather than design confidence. The suffix letters G through M indicate successive printings, each authorized as existing stocks depleted.
Haiti's monetary situation during this period was complicated by the Duvalier government's rise in 1957, mid-series. Fiscal pressure from that transition did nothing to stabilize circulation volumes.