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25 Gourdes Independence
| Issuer | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Size | 155 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Nicolas Geffrard (1762–1806) at left, flanked by a battle scene vignette at centre executed in multicolour intaglio; the National Coat of Arms and the national flag of Haiti appear as subsidiary design elements. The large denomination numeral '25' occupies the right field, set against a guilloche underprint in red and green tones. Bilingual legends in French and Haitian Creole run along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI / BANK REPIBLIK DAYITI / 25 GOURDES / GOUD / VINGT-CINQ / VENNSENK |
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The 2004 25 Gourdes was issued to mark the bicentennial of Haitian independence — the 1804 declaration that made Haiti the first Black republic and the first nation born of a successful slave revolt. De La Rue handled the print run, as they had for much of the Banque de la République d'Haïti's modern output. Watermarking is the sole listed security feature, modest by the standards of the period, though Haiti's persistent inflation and dollarization pressures through the early 2000s made counterfeiting low-denomination gourdes a largely unattractive proposition.
Pick 273 is a commemorative issue, not a circulating replacement series, which affects survival rates — commemoratives often see both hoarding and rough handling in equal measure.