The symbol for HTG can be written G.
Le mot "gourde" est une traduction du mot espagnol "gordo" (gros, gras), un terme qui se referait au peso,
The Haitian Gourde is divided into 100 centimes.
from The exchange rate for the Haitian Gourde was last updated on September 15, 2008Bloomberg
100 HTG >> 2.58 US$ ---- 100 HTG >> 1.76 EUR
1 US$ >> 39.50 HTG ---- 1 EUR >> 56.85 HTG
Cross Rate Update > http://www.lematinhaiti.com/The gourde was formerly pegged to the US dollar at a rate of 5 gourdes to one US dollar.
Since then, however, the gourde has been placed on a floating rate.
In light of the former peg, five gourdes are often referred to as a "Haitian dollar."
Five centimes, in similar nature, is referred to as a "Haitian penny."
In select regions of Haiti, prices are denoted in Haitian dollars rather than gourdes and customers are left to multiply the dollars by five.
| Haitian gourde gourde haïtienne (French) goud ayisyen (Haitian Creole) | |||
| |||
| Inflation | 9% | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Source | The World Factbook, 2007 est. | ||
Symbol | G | ||
Coins | |||
| Freq. used | 50 centimes, 1, 5 gourdes | ||
| Rarely used | 5, 10, 20 centimes | ||
Banknotes | |||
| Freq. used | 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 gourdes | ||
| Rarely used | 1, 2, 5 gourdes | ||
TAUX DE LA GOURDE | ||
| 09 oct 08 | ||
| Le dollar américain s'achète à | 38.75 Gdes |  |
| et se revend à | 40.25 Gdes | |
