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1 Centime Essai
| Uitgever | Haiti (1804-date) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1807 |
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| Waarde | 1 Centime (0.01) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Facing three-quarter bust of Henri Christophe in military uniform, wearing an elaborate bicorne hat adorned with a feathered cockade and dressed in an epauleted general's coat with decorative buttons and cravat. The portrait is rendered in high relief with considerable sculptural detail. The circular legend reads HENRI CHRISTOPHE, PRESIDENT around the upper periphery, with the date 1807 appearing in the lower field flanked by raised dots. The coin exhibits a milled border of fine denticles. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Haiti's 1807 essai coinage was produced in the chaotic years immediately following independence, when Jean-Jacques Dessalines had already been assassinated and Henri Christophe and Alexandre Pétion were carving the new state into rival northern and southern factions. Establishing a credible national coinage was as much a political act as an economic one — proof that the world's first Black republic could issue sovereign money. Whether this piece ever moved beyond pattern stage into any form of official adoption is unclear; the KM#Pn1 designation places it firmly in the trial category.