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25 Gourdes
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 2000-2019 |
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| Size | 162 × 65 mm |
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| Reverse description | The central design is dominated by the Haitian coat of arms — a palm tree surmounted by a Liberty cap, flanked by cannons, cannonballs, anchors, and flags, encircled by an oval guilloche frame bearing the motto 'L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE'. An unprinted oval watermark zone occupies the left field, with the 'BRH' monogram visible as a latent security element, while a large guilloche rosette containing the numeral '25' fills the right field. The denomination and constitutional legend are rendered in bold letterpress across the lower register, with the printer's imprint 'GIESECKE & DEVRIENT MUNICH' at the foot of the note. |
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| Variants | P#266a - 2000 Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Munich P#266b - 2004 Printer: De la Rue, London P#266c - 2006 Printer: De la Rue, London P#266d - 2009 Printer: De la Rue, London P#266e - 2014 Printer: De la Rue, London P#266f - 2015 Printer: De la Rue, London |
| Comments |
P#266 spans a remarkably long production window — nearly two decades of reissues from a single base design, all run through Giesecke & Devrient in Munich. The extended lifespan reflects chronic budgetary constraints at the Banque de la République d'Haïti rather than any particular confidence in the note's design or security specification, which remained essentially unchanged while counterfeiting technology advanced considerably around it.
The 25 gourdes denomination occupies an awkward transactional position in the Haitian economy, where persistent inflation steadily eroded its purchasing power throughout this period. By the late 2010s it had become largely redundant in daily commerce.