Front: Catherine Flon, the goddaughter of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, sewing the first Haitian flag on May 18, 1803;
Back: Coat of arms of Haiti;Watermark: Top of palm tree with Phrygian cap from Haitian coat of arms.
The gourde (French), goud (Kreyol) is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG and it is divided into 100 centimes (French) or santim (Kreyol).
The first gourde was introduced in 1813. It replaced the livre at a rate of 1 gourde = 8 livre 5 sous.
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