Catalog
50 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CINQUANTE GOURDES CONVENTION DU 12 AVRIL 1919. CE BILLET EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR EN MONNAIE LOCALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CINQUANTE GOURDES |
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Haiti's 1950 was politically charged: President Dumarsais Estimé had just been ousted in a military coup led by Paul Magloire the same year this note was issued. The Banque Nationale continued functioning through the transition, and this series went ahead under Waterlow & Sons — the London firm that had handled Haitian currency contracts for decades by this point.
Waterlow's involvement with Haiti long predated this issue, though the firm's reputation had taken a serious blow after the Peruvian bond scandal of the 1930s. By 1950 they were still a credible security printer, but the company wound down and was absorbed by De La Rue in 1961.