Haitian gourde
The gourde (French: [ɡuʁd]) or goud (Haitian Creole: [ɡud]) is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG and it is divided into 100 centimes (French) or santim (Creole).
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| ISO 4217 | |
| Code | HTG (numeric: 332) |
| Subunit | 0.01 |
| Unit | |
| Symbol | G |
| Denominations | |
| Superunit | |
| 5 | Dollar ($) |
| Subunit | |
| 5⁄100 | Penny (p) |
| 1⁄100 | Centime (c) |
| Banknotes | |
| Freq. used | G 10, G 25, G 50, G 100, G 250, G 500 |
| Rarely used | G 1, G 2, G 5, G 20, G 1,000 |
| Coins | 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, G 1, G 5 |
| Demographics | |
| User(s) | Haiti |
| Issuance | |
| Central bank | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
| Website | www |
| Valuation | |
| Inflation | 22.8% |
| Source | The Global Economy, 2020 |
The word "gourde" is a French cognate for the Spanish term "gordo", from the "pesos gordos" (also known in English as "hard" pieces of eight, and in French as "piastres fortes espagnoles") in which colonial-era contracts within the Spanish sphere of influence were often denominated.
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