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50 Centimes Northern Republic of Haiti
| Issuer | République Septentrionale d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Reference(s) | P#90 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE D'HAITI CINQUANTE CENTIMES LE DELEGUE DES FINANCES LE DELEGUE DU SYNDICAT LE DELEGUE DU CONSEIL D'ETAT SERIE No |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTIMES CINQUANTE 50 |
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The République Septentrionale d'Haïti was a short-lived breakaway state centered on Cap-Haïtien, existing in open political rivalry with the republic based in Port-au-Prince. By 1888 Haiti was cycling through governments at a pace that made currency issuance an urgent political act — this note was printed during the presidency of Séide Thélémaques's northern faction, before reunification forced these issues out of circulation fairly quickly.
Homer Lee Bank Note Company was a mid-tier New York security printer that handled several Caribbean and Latin American contracts during this period, operating in the shadow of larger competitors like the American Bank Note Company. Their work on this series is competent but not especially distinguished in the field.
The fractional denomination suggests the northern administration was attempting to cover small daily transactions — an optimistic sign of a functioning economy that the political situation made difficult to sustain.