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Haitian gourde

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Five hundred Haitian gourdes

ISO 4217 Code HTG

User(s) Haiti

Inflation 15.7%

Source The World Factbook, 2005 est.

Subunit

1/100 centime

Symbol G

Coins

Freq. used 50 centimes, 1, 5 gourdes

Rarely used 5, 10, 20 centimes

Banknotes

Freq. used 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 dollars

Rarely used 2 gourdes

Central bank

Banque de la République d'Haïti

Website www.brh.net

The gourde is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG and it is divided into 100 centimes.

The first gourde was introduced in 1813. It replaced the livre at a rate of 1 gourde = 8 livre 5 sous. In 1870 and again in 1872, the gourde was revalued, first at a rate of ten to one, then at a rate of three hundred to one. In this period, when only banknotes were being issued, the name piastre was sometimes used instead of gourde, especially on a banknote issue dated 1875. In 1881, the gourde was linked to the French franc at 5 francs = 1 gourde and coin production recommenced.

The peg to the franc did not last but, in 1912, the gourde was pegged to the US dollar at a value of 5 gourdes to the US dollar. Although this peg was abandoned in 1989 and the currency now floats, because of the old link, five gourdes is often referred to as a "Haitian dollar". Likewise, 5 centimes is a "Haitian penny". Indeed, in many places, prices are given not in gourdes, but rather in "Haitian dollars", which must be multiplied by five to convert to gourdes.

[edit] Coins

centime (in French); santim (in Kreyol)

5 centimes ("1 Haitian cent") [Note: not high in circulation]
10 centimes ("2 Haitian cents") [Note: not high in circulation]
20 centimes ("4 Haitian cents") [Note: not high in circulation]
50 centimes ("10 Haitian cents")
1 gourde ("20 Haitian cents")
5 gourdes ("1 Haitian dollar")

[Note: The majority of the coins used as of mid-2005 were the 50 centime, 1 gourde, and 5 gourde.]

[edit] Banknotes

gourde (in French); goud (in Kreyol)

1 gourde ("20 Haitian cents")
2 gourdes ("40 Haitian cents") [Note: not high in circulation]
5 gourdes ("1 Haitian dollar")
10 gourdes ("2 Haitian dollars")
25 gourdes ("5 Haitian dollars")
50 gourdes ("10 Haitian dollars")
100 gourdes ("20 Haitian dollars")
250 gourdes ("50 Haitian dollars")
500 gourdes ("100 Haitian dollars")
1000 gourdes ("200 Haitian dollars")

The 1-, 2-, and 5-gourde bills are no longer produced, and may not be in circulation.

Current HTG exchange rates

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Facsimiles of Haitian banknotes

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