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50 Gourdes Independence
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 2004-2019 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of General François Cappoix (1766–1806) in military uniform with epaulettes at centre-left, his name and dates inscribed below. The bicentennial commemorative legend appears across the upper field, with the denomination numeral '50' in a red panel at left and a vertical security strip at right bearing repeated bank name inscriptions. A fine guilloche underprint in pink and gold tones fills the background, with the Haitian coat of arms appearing as a watermark device. |
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| Obverse lettering | BICENTENAIRE DE L'INDEPENDANCE D'HAITI BISANTNE ENDEPANDANS DAYITI 1804 • 2004 50 CINQUANTE GOURDES SENKANT GOUD BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI BANK REPIBLIK DAYITI FRANCOIS CAPPOIX (1766-1806) |
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The Independence series, launched in 2004 to mark Haiti's bicentennial, replaced the older Géographie series that had served since the 1990s. Thomas De La Rue produced the entire run, and the security specification — particularly the optically variable ink — represented a meaningful upgrade for a country whose earlier notes had been subject to fairly brazen counterfeiting in the informal economy.
P#274 ran with only minor plate revisions across a fifteen-year print window, which is why date collectors treat sub-varieties differently despite near-identical appearance.