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7 Sols 6 Deniers
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1807-1809 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A standing allegorical female figure of Liberty faces forward in the center of the field, draped in classical robes, her right hand raised holding a liberty cap. To her left stands a fasces and to her right another fasces or pole, symbols of republican authority. The date appears in the exergue below the figure. The circular legend reads MONNOIE. D`HAYTI· with the denomination numerals 7 and 6 flanking the figure, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian coat of arms occupies the center of the field, depicting a shield bearing an interlaced monogram, surmounted by a trophy of cannons and palm trees, flanked by laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon. The circular legend LIBERTAS. RELIGIO. MORES with the initials HC is arranged around the periphery within a beaded border, proclaiming the republican virtues of Liberty, Religion, and Morality. |
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Haiti's earliest coinage was struck under Henri Christophe, who controlled the northern part of the country following the fracture of the new republic after Dessalines's assassination in 1806. The 7 Sols 6 Deniers denomination is an awkward fraction by any standard, deliberately echoing French colonial monetary divisions while asserting independence from them — a tension that defined the infant state's entire monetary policy.
Surviving examples are genuinely scarce. The minting infrastructure was rudimentary, production brief, and the political situation unstable enough that this type was superseded within a few years as Christophe consolidated power and eventually proclaimed himself King Henri I in 1811.