Evidence coverage: 1811–1813. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
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.
Sources and qualifications →The 6 July 1813 finance circular assessed export duties in gourdes and centimes, documenting national public accounting.
Sources and qualifications →The 4 May 1808 law rated the Spanish gourde in local livres and escalins; the valuation change was repealed on 26 July. Concurrent reckoning does not establish an exclusive livre-to-gourde replacement.
Sources and qualifications →The 8 May 1813 coin law denominated national pieces as fractions of the Spanish gourde and required commercial acceptance as Spanish money. Later orders addressed equal pricing and exchange of pierced pieces at the treasury.
Sources and qualifications →Act 348 authorized treasury paper for a coin withdrawal. Its 120,000-gourde authorization is distinct from the compilation’s editorial report of 300,000 gourdes issued; neither figure establishes an account-unit founding date.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
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.
C1220The 6 July 1813 finance circular assessed export duties in gourdes and centimes, documenting national public accounting.
C1221Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The BRH history dates a first paper issue of 300,000 gourdes to May 1813.
C571Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The BRH history dates a first paper issue of 300,000 gourdes to May 1813.
PDF pp.4–5, early paper money history
Establish earlier coin and accounting units, then later nineteenth-century reforms and their exchange laws; this date concerns paper.
National gourde reckoning in Pétion’s republic developed from the Spanish gourde/peso rated in local law. The 1811–1813 laws combine national denomination, commercial acceptance, tax accounts and treasury conversion. The regional identity grouping is qualified; northern Haiti and French-livre inputs remain open.
Act168,4May1808, printed pp442–445; Act177,26July1808, printed pp450–451; Act 298, 27 June 1811, printed pp. 102–105; Acts 348–349, 8 May 1813, pp. 162–168; Act 351, 10 May 1813, pp. 171–172; Act 352, 18 May 1813, pp. 172–173; Act 353, 6 July 1813, pp. 173–174; Act 359, 20 September 1813, pp. 207–208
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full relevant legal text inspected in scanned-volume OCR reproduced by HaitiDocs OCR has accents and date-reading defects.
Act168,4May1808, printed pp442–445; Act177,26July1808, printed pp450–451; Act 298, 27 June 1811, printed pp. 102–105; Acts 348–349, 8 May 1813, pp. 162–168; Act 351, 10 May 1813, pp. 171–172; Act 352, 18 May 1813, pp. 172–173; Act 353, 6 July 1813, pp. 173–174; Act 359, 20 September 1813, pp. 207–208
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant legal texts inspected in complete volume OCR.
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.
Act 298, art.1, printed pp.102–105
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant legal texts inspected in complete volume OCR.
The 6 July 1813 finance circular assessed export duties in gourdes and centimes, documenting national public accounting.
Act 353, printed pp.173–174
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant legal texts inspected in complete volume OCR.
The 4 May 1808 law rated the Spanish gourde in local livres and escalins; the valuation change was repealed on 26 July. Concurrent reckoning does not establish an exclusive livre-to-gourde replacement.
Acts 168, arts.1–2,7, and 177, art.1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full relevant legal text inspected in scanned-volume OCR reproduced by HaitiDocs OCR has accents and date-reading defects.
The 8 May 1813 coin law denominated national pieces as fractions of the Spanish gourde and required commercial acceptance as Spanish money. Later orders addressed equal pricing and exchange of pierced pieces at the treasury.
Act 349, arts.2–3, p.168; Act 351, paragraph 4; Act 359, arts.1–2, pp.207–208
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant legal texts inspected in complete volume OCR.
Act 348 authorized treasury paper for a coin withdrawal. Its 120,000-gourde authorization is distinct from the compilation’s editorial report of 300,000 gourdes issued; neither figure establishes an account-unit founding date.
Act 348, arts.2,5–6 and editorial note, p.165
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant legal texts inspected in complete volume OCR.