Haitian gourde
Haitian gourde: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- HTG
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Its place in the family
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The story
The BRH history dates a first paper issue of 300, 000 gourdes to May 1813. [1]
The 27 June 1811 law retained the existing piastre-gourde valuation while prescribing local alteration of circulating pieces. Association with the national gourde is a qualified continuity observation, not a currency birth from piercing coins. [2]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
The 6 July 1813 finance circular assessed export duties in gourdes and centimes, documenting national public accounting. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Banque de la République d'Haïti · Le système de paiement en Haïti C571 ↗
- Haitian legislative acts, edited by Linstant Pradine · Recueil général des lois et actes du gouvernement d’Haïti, tome II,1809–1817 (Paris, A.Durand,1860) C1220 ↗
- Haitian legislative acts, edited by Linstant Pradine · Recueil général des lois et actes du gouvernement d’Haïti, tome II,1809–1817 (Paris, A.Durand,1860) C1221 ↗
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“Haitian gourde.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000171.html