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500 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Alexandre Sabès Pétion, founder and first President of the Republic of Southern Haiti, rendered as an intaglio portrait. The note carries the bank title and denomination inscriptions flanking the central design, set against a fine guilloche underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette of the Haitian National Coat of Arms — a palm tree surmounted by a Liberty cap, flanked by cannons and cannonballs, with the national motto 'L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE' on a ribbon below. The design is printed in red with large numeral denominators '500' in white relief guilloche cartouches at left and right, and the bank title 'BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI' at top. Below the arms, the legend 'CINQ CENTS GOURDES' appears in bold, with a redemption clause in smaller text and the printer's imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY' at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI CINQ CENTS GOURDES CE BILLET EST PAYABLE AU PORTEUR AU TAUX DE CINQ GOURDES POUR UN DOLLAR EN MONNAIE LEGALE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE |
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