Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
15 Sols
| Issuer | State of Haiti |
|---|---|
| Year | 1807-1809 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a crowned heraldic shield bearing an interlaced royal cypher, encircled by a wreath of laurel and palm branches. The shield is surmounted by a crown resting above its upper edge. The circular peripheral legend reads 'LIBERTAS. RELIGIO. MORES. HC.' — the motto of the early Haitian state — running continuously around the field. A fine milled border frames the entire design, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Henri Christophe issued this coin during the fractured years following Jean-Jacques Dessalines's assassination in 1806, when Haiti split into two rival states — Christophe's republic in the north and Pétion's in the south. The 15 sols denomination is an awkward fraction with roots in the old French colonial monetary system, retained less out of convenience than because the new state lacked the administrative machinery to break cleanly from pre-revolutionary accounting habits.
KM#6 is notably scarce in any grade. The northern state's minting infrastructure was rudimentary, and the political instability of 1807–1809 kept production irregular.