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30 Sols - Henri Christophe Essai
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical female figure of Liberty seated facing right in the classical style, holding a long staff or pole in her right hand and resting her left hand upon an oval shield decorated with stars and a radiant sun motif at its base. The figure is draped in flowing robes and positioned against a radiate sunburst field. The circular legend reads MONNOIE D'HAITY around the upper periphery, with the denomination 30 SOLS inscribed in the lower exergue along a straight baseline. A toothed border frames the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONNOIE D'HAITY 30 SOLS (Translation: Coinage of Haiti) |
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Henri Christophe issued this essai during the period when Haiti's northern state was consolidating authority following the assassination of Dessalines in 1806. The country had fractured — Pétion controlling the south as a republic, Christophe holding the north under increasingly autocratic rule. This trial piece predates his self-proclamation as King Henri I by two years, placing it in the uncertain interregnum when the monetary system of the new nation was still being invented from scratch.
Essais from this period were never released for circulation, which explains survival in superior condition. KM#Pn8 is among the rarest Haitian pattern issues documented.