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10 Gourdes Toussaint L'Ouverture, Piedfort Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1967-1970 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian effigy of Toussaint L'Ouverture facing right, depicted as a uniformed military figure mounted on a rearing horse, occupying the central field. The legend REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI arcs along the upper periphery, with the dates 1745-1803 flanking the upper portion of the design. The inscription GENERAL TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE curves along the lower periphery in raised Latin lettering. The composition is rendered in a bold, high-relief medallic style consistent with a piedfort trial striking. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Piedfort trials of this type were produced by the Paris Mint — almost certainly by the Monnaie de Paris under contract — as presentation strikes submitted for approval during the development of Haiti's commemorative gourdes series honoring the bicentennial of Toussaint L'Ouverture's birth. The double-thickness format was standard Parisian practice for official approval pieces, not intended for circulation but for submission to the issuing authority.
Toussaint died in the Fort de Joux prison in the French Jura in 1803, never seeing the independence he made possible.