Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980-1982 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The national Coat of Arms of Haiti is centrally positioned within a circular vignette, flanked on both sides by large ornate guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral '50'. The denomination 'CINQUANTE GOURDES' is inscribed in bold letterpress along the lower margin, with the bank title arching above, and a legal tender clause printed in small text along the bottom border above the printer's imprint. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI 50G CINQUANTE GOURDES (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Haiti, Fifty Gourdes) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The American Bank Note Company held Haiti's printing contracts for decades, and this series is a product of that long relationship — ABNC-engraved work is immediately recognizable to anyone familiar with their Latin American and Caribbean output of the period. The watermark is the primary security feature, modest by any measure, which reflects the fiscal constraints Haïti operated under during the Duvalier years rather than any technical limitation on ABNC's part.
Jean-Claude Duvalier was still in power through this entire issue window, and the central bank had limited operational independence throughout.