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10 Gourdes War Eagle Yankton Sioux
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Weight | 47.05 g |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a palm tree flanked by an array of crossed cannons, cannonballs, flags, and other military trophies, with two cannon wheels at the base. A ribbon scroll beneath the arms bears the national motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE. The legend LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE curves along the upper periphery. The denomination 10 GOURDES and date 1971 appear in large characters in the lower field, flanked by the fineness mark 1000 to the left and the mint identifier IC to the right. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Haiti's early 1970s collector coinage was produced almost entirely for the export market — foreign buyers, not Haitian citizens. This piece is part of a series commissioned under the Duvalier government, which licensed foreign minting houses to produce silver and gold issues nominally denominated in gourdes but never intended for domestic circulation. The Yankton Sioux subject has no connection to Haiti whatsoever; it reflects the era's broader market for "world coin" sets sold through Franklin Mint-style distribution channels to American collectors.
The Yankton Sioux were among the first Sioux bands to sign a treaty with the U.S. government, doing so in 1858.