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500 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Currency | Third gourde (1872-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a bust portrait of President Dr. François Duvalier set within an ornate guilloche frame, flanked by the denomination numeral '500' repeated at left and right within decorative cartouches. The bank title 'BANQUE NATIONALE REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI' runs across the top, with the denomination 'CINQ CENTS GOURDES' inscribed below the portrait, and a guarantee clause printed in a horizontal band beneath. Three manuscript signatures of bank officials appear along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CINQ CENTS GOURDES 500 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | The centre of the reverse is occupied by the Haitian National Coat of Arms — a palm tree surmounted by a Phrygian cap above a cannon and cannonballs, with the motto 'L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE' on a ribbon below — set within an elaborate guilloche medallion. The bank title 'BANQUE NATIONALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI' arches across the top, with the denomination 'CINQ CENTS GOURDES' repeated in a panel at the base. The overall design is printed in a single deep red-brown intaglio ink, with corner numerals '500' and ornamental geometric lathe-work filling the side panels. |
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