Check Out The Value Of The Haitian Gourde Today
The Haitian Gourde was first introduced in 1813 after replacing the “Livre”. The Gourde has been often revalued, then matched the US dollar and French Franc. In 1912, it was pegged to the US dollar at a value of 5 Gourdes to $1 US dollar. As a result, the Gourde was quickly referred to as a “Haitian dollar”. At that time one had to multiply the US value by 5 to figure out the amount in Gourdes. As a basic example, U$1.00 was equal to 5 Gourdes and so on.
Accordingly, the term Haitian dollar has been stuck in the mind of the Haitian people until today even though the value of the Gourde has drastically fallen behind the US dollar, Canadian, and Euro. Nothing could be more confusing to fully understand such term versus the Gourde.
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A coin of 1 gourde (commonly called "A-do-ken")
A coin of 5 gourdes
A former bill of 5 gourdes
A former bill of 1 gourde
A bill of 10 gourdes
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In reality, there is no physical monetary unit that, indeed, represents one Haitian dollar.
As the Haitian currency slightly fluctuates on a daily basis, one may also want to know the current value of the Haitian Gourde versus the US dollar, the Canadian dollar, the Euro or the Dominican Peso? As of today high-end stores and other commercial places list their products in Haitian Gourdes, while some stores allow customers to pay in foreign currency by matching their equivalence in Gourdes.
To find out the current exchange rate of the Haitian currency, you just have to multiply the value owned by the exchange rate of the day. Let's say the exchange rate of the day is 131 gourdes for $1:00 US, you have to multiply your dollar amount by 131 which will give you the total equivalence in gourdes.
Haitian money is broken down into coins and bills like many other countries. There are 1 Gourde, and 5 Gourdes in coins. All the remaining bills are 10 gourdes, 25 gourdes, 50 gourdes, 100 gourdes, 250 gourdes, 500 gourdes, 1000 gourdes. You may rarely find .50 "kòb" (coin) which is half the amount of 1 gourde. Almost everything in Haiti is either purchased in gourde or at the current exchange rate of your available foreign currency, would it be the US dollar, Canadian dollar, Euro, or Peso.
Last updated 07/11/24
