Haitian Gourde in US Dollar

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".

USD US Dollar

Country of application:
US, American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands (US), Timor Leste, Haiti, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ecuador

Coin denominations in circulation:
$ 1, 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cent.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 dollar.

History reference:
The US dollar is the countrys official currency and one of the worlds reserve currencies. The name "dollar" is secondary to the name of the European silver coin. Its appearance falls on the period an...d 1775 to 1783 (during the American Revolutionary War). Initially, dollars were only in the form of coins