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50 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1980-1982 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a portrait of Lysius Félicité Salomon Jeune (1815–1888), President of Haiti from 1879 to 1888, set within an intricate guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner, with the bank title and value inscriptions rendered in intaglio above and below the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI 50G CINQUANTE GOURDES (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Haiti, Fifty Gourdes) |
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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.