Key facts
- 5
- Dollar ($)
- Code
- HTG (numeric: 332 )
- Symbol
- G
- 5 100
- Penny (p)
- 1 100
- Centime (c)
- 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
- User s
- Haiti
- Central bank
- Banque de la République d'Haïti
- Website
- www .brh .ht
- Inflation
- 27.8%
- Value
- $1 = G130.85
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Republique d'Haïti, 10 Gourdes (1827). 2 centime coin, "Haitian woman profile" type, bronze (1881). 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).
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.