Gourde

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Gourde
250 Gourde banknote from 2004
Country: HaitiHaiti Haiti
Subdivision: 100 centimes
ISO 4217 code : HTG
Abbreviation: Gde.
Exchange rate :
(29 Mar 2020)

1  EUR  = 104.762 HTG
100 HTG = 0.9545 EUR

1  CHF  = 97.453 HTG
100 HTG = 1.0261 CHF

The Haitian Gourde is the currency of Haiti . The standard international abbreviation according to ISO 4217 is HTG. A gourde is divided into 100 centimes .

Coins and banknotes

The Haitian Gourde comes in the following denominations:

  • 50 centimes, 1 and 5 gourdes coins . The minting of coins with a value below 50 centimes was discontinued.
  • Banknotes of 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 Gourdes.
5 Gourde banknote from 1989

history

The Gourde was introduced in 1803 when the Haitian Revolution expected the expulsion of the last whites in the French colony of Saint-Domingue . The gourde replaced the livre that was still circulating in Saint-Domingue at that time at the rate of 1 gourde for 8 livres and 5 sous .

Today, the US dollar is also used as a second currency in Haiti because the gourde suffers from high inflation . A special feature is the fictitious "Haitian dollar", which does not exist as a currency unit, but is only used colloquially in price information. One Haitian dollar is equal to 5 gourde, which is e.g. At the time of the Bretton Woods system corresponded to the actual exchange rate. In the meantime, almost 100 gourde have to be paid for one US dollar.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Moneyness: The Haitian dollar. In: jpkoning.blogspot.com. January 29, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .