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1 Gourde
| Issuer | Trésor Public, République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1859-1867 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by intricate guilloche borders with the denomination UNE GOURDE in vertical letterpress along each side panel. A circular vignette at upper centre contains the Haitian National Coat of Arms, flanked to the left by an oval portrait vignette of President Fabre Geffrard and to the right by a small panel bearing the numeral 100. The layout is completed by elaborate scrollwork and foliate engraved ornamentation throughout, with the central text block carrying the treasury guarantee legend and a manuscript signature line for the Trésorier Général. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain paper, bearing two oval official cancellation or validation stamps: one in black ink at left and one in red ink at right, both partially legible and applied by hand. No printed design elements are present. |
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Haiti's Trésor Public — the state treasury acting directly as issuer rather than a central bank — produced this series during one of the country's more unstable political stretches, a period that saw four different heads of state between 1859 and 1867. Waterlow & Sons handled the London printing, as they did for numerous Caribbean and Latin American governments that lacked domestic printing infrastructure.
The series ran across nearly a decade without consistent reissue dates, which makes precise attribution within the range difficult. Surviving examples are scarce; Haiti's tropical climate is notoriously destructive to paper, and low-denomination notes rarely survived in circulation regardless of region.