Louis Mondestin Florvil Hyppolite*
North Haïti: 27.11.1888 - 17.10.1889 

N.797, P.89 25 Centimes  Ca. 1888
110x62mm PICK PLATE NOTE

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N.804FP, P.92  2 Gourdes  Face Proof Ca. 1888
152x100mm

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N.804, P.92 2 Gourdes  Ca. 1888
Ex Rosenberg Collection

N.805, P.95  1 Gourde  Ca. 1889
168x79mm
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* The Revolutionary Committee of the North proclaimed itself as a provisional government on 27 November 1888 with Louis Mondestin Florvil Hyppolite as President. Hyppolite was subsequently elected to govern the whole of Haïti  and was sworn into office on 17 October 1889 at Gonaïves. He established a new constitution in 1889 which remained in force until 1918, the longest in Haïti's troubled history. While still in office, on 24 March 1896 Hyppolite  fell off his horse and died of apoplexy . He was succeeded by Tiresias Augustin Simon Sam who was sworn in on  31 March 1896.

In 1999 a commemorative 1,000 Gourdes banknote was prepared to honor President Hyppolite and the 250th anniversary of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Because of instability in the government this note has not been released ( as of 15.1.2006). A press announcement was made in April 2005 stating that this banknote was planned to be released and that the old stock of 1999 dated notes as well as a new dated 2004 note would be released "soon". For additional information about this issue see article "Haiti Commemoratives on Hold"