Haitian Gourde in Guinean Franc

HTG Haitian Gourde

Country of application:
Haiti

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50 centimes, 1, 5 gourdes.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 gourdes.

History reference:
The Haitian gourde is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG and is divided into 100 centimes (French) or centimes (Creole). The word gourde is French. cognate to the Spanish term "gordo", f...rom "pesos gordos" (also known in English as "hard eights" and in French as "piastres fortes espagnoles") in which colonial-era contracts were made in the Spanish sphere of influence often referred to as Haiti (officially - the Republic of Haiti) - a state located in the western part of the island of Hispaniola (Haiti). In the east, it has a common land border with the Dominican Republic (Diminican Republic). In addition, it has common borders on the division of maritime economic zones with Cuba in the west in the Windward Strait, the Bahamas in the north and Jamaica in the southwest in the San Geno and Jamaica straits. The name of the state comes from the language of the Taino Indians, from which the word "Haiti" is translated as "Mountain Country".

GNF Guinean Franc

Country of application:
Guinea

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 Guinean francs.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20,000 Guinean francs.

History reference:
The Guinean franc GNF (324) is the currency of the state of Guinea. ISO 4217 code - GNF. The Guinean franc was introduced on March 1, 1960 instead of the CFA franc (the first reform), the exchange wa...s carried out at a ratio of 1: 1 from March 1 to March 15, 1960. Due to the appearance of a large number of counterfeit banknotes in the period from March 10 to March 14, 1963, banknotes were exchanged for banknotes of a new sample (second reform). On October 2, 1972, a new monetary unit was introduced - the Guinean sili (third reform). From April 16 to April 29, 1981, banknotes were exchanged for banknotes of a new type (fourth reform), the exchange was carried out within the limits of 20 thousand forces per worker. On January 6, 1986, instead of force, the Guinean franc was reintroduced (fifth reform), the exchange of force for francs was carried out 1: 1 in the period from January 6 to January 28, 1986.