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50 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1986-1988 |
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| Value | 50 Gourdes (50 HTG) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of President Louis Étienne Félicité Lysius Salomon, the 13th President of Haiti (1879–1888), rendered in intaglio portraiture. The composition is framed by intricate guilloche scrollwork and decorative underprint typical of American Bank Note Company engraving. Denomination numerals appear in the corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CINQUANTE GOURDES L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The American Bank Note Company had been printing Haitian currency almost continuously since the early twentieth century, a relationship that outlasted coups, dictatorships, and repeated monetary reforms. By the mid-1980s, Haiti under Jean-Claude Duvalier and then the chaotic interregnum following his February 1986 flight was hardly a stable client — yet ABNC continued fulfilling contracts through the transition.
Pick 249 spans that political rupture. Notes dated within the series may predate or postdate Duvalier's departure, with no typographic distinction between them. The watermark is the sole security feature — modest even by the standards of the period.