Gourde
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The gourde is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG, and it is divided into 100 centimes.
At one time it was pegged to the US dollar at a value of 5 gourdes to the US dollar (starting in 1912); this is no longer the case and the currency now floats. Because of the old link, however, five gourdes is often referred to as a "Haitian dollar". Likewise, 5 centimes becomes 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. As of July 2005, there were around 40 gourdes to the US dollar, or 49 to the euro.
Coins in circulation include
- 5 centimes ("1 Haitian cent")
- 10 centimes ("2 Haitian cents")
- 20 centimes ("4 Haitian cents")
- 50 centimes ("10 Haitian cents")
- 1 gourde ("20 Haitian cents")
- 5 gourdes ("1 Haitian dollar")
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Banknotes in circulation are
- 1 gourde ("20 Haitian cents")
- 2 gourdes ("40 Haitian cents")
- 5 gourdes ("1 Hatian 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") – planned, not yet in circulation
The 1-, 2-, and 5-gourde bills are no longer produced, and may not be in circulation.
Current HTG exchange rates
AUD | CAD | EUR | GBP | INR | NZD | USD
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| Currencies of The Americas | |
|---|---|
| North | Bermuda dollar | Canadian dollar | Danish krone (Greenland) | Euro (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon) | Mexican peso | US dollar |
| Central | Belize dollar | Costa Rican colón | Guatemalan quetzal | Honduran lempira | Nicaraguan córdoba | Panamanian balboa | US dollar (El Salvador) |
| Caribbean | Aruban florin | Bahamian dollar | Barbadian dollar | Cayman dollar | Cuban peso | Cuban convertible peso | Dominican peso | East Caribbean dollar | Euro (Guadeloupe, Martinique) | Haitian gourde | Jamaican dollar | Netherlands Antilles florin | Trinidad and Tobago dollar |
| South | Argentine peso | Bolivian boliviano | Brazilian real | Chilean peso | Colombian peso | Euro (French Guiana) | Falkland pound | Guyanese dollar | Paraguayan guaraní | Peruvian nuevo sol | Suriname dollar | US dollar (Ecuador) | Uruguayan peso | Venezuelan bolívar
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