The livre was the currency of
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
until 1813. The Haitian livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use, in part, of Spanish coins. It was equal to the
French livre
The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶., French for (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor state of West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of coins ...
and was subdivided into 20
sous, each of 12
deniers. The ''escalin'' of 15 sous was also used as a denomination, since it was equal to the
Spanish colonial real
The silver real ( es, real de plata) was the currency of the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonies in America and the Philippines. In the seventeenth century the silver real was established at two Spanish real, billon reals (''reales de vellón'') o ...
. Coins specifically for use in Haiti were issued between 1802 and 1809, along with various overstamped coins.
The livre was replaced by the
Haitian gourde
The gourde () or goud () 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" ( ...
in 1813, at a rate of 1 gourde = 8 livre 5 sous (11 escalin).
See also
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Haitian gourde
The gourde () or goud () 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" ( ...
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Piastre
The piastre or piaster () is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate". The name was applied to Spanish and Hispanic American pieces of eight, or pesos, by Venice, Venetian traders in the ...
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Economy of Haiti
Haiti is a free market economy with low labor costs. A republic, it was a French colony before gaining independence in an uprising by its enslaved people. It faced embargoes and isolation after its independence as well as political crises punctu ...
References
Modern obsolete currencies
Livre
LIVRE (, L), previously known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar (, L/TDA), is a green political party in Portugal founded in 2014.
Its founding principles are ecology, universalism, freedom, equity, solidarity, socialism and Europeanism. Its symbol ...
1813 disestablishments
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