Haiti 10 Gourdes 2004 P279 Polymer Unc

These Haiti 10 gourdes were prepared but never issued. They follow the design of the paper 10 gourdes issued in 2004 to celebrate the Bicentenary of Independence, except that these were printed on polymer plastic. Nobody has yet come up with a reason for them being prepared and then never issued and it seems a few bundles of these slipped out before anyone realised the mistake. Haiti of course was one of the first countries to experiment with a form of plastic banknote way back in the 1980s but the project was abandoned then too. These more modern 10 gourdes Polymer notes are in Uncirculated condition.