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100 Gourdes Billy Bowlegs Seminole War
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 100 Gourdes (100 HTG) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Billy Bowlegs, the Seminole War chief, facing slightly left, rendered in high relief in a finely detailed portrait style. The effigy depicts him wearing a traditional Seminole turban adorned with multiple feather plumes rising above, along with beaded necklaces and ear ornaments. The legend REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI arcs along the upper periphery, while the inscription BILLY BOWLEGS SEMINOLE WAR curves along the lower field. The portrait captures strong facial features characteristic of 19th-century commemorative engraving. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI BILLY BOWLEGS SEMINOLE WAR (Translation: Republic of Haiti) |
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Billy Bowlegs — or Holata Micco — led the final significant Seminole resistance in Florida during the Third Seminole War, which ended in 1858 when he and roughly 160 remaining fighters accepted removal to Indian Territory rather than face further attrition. Haiti's 1971 commemorative gold series was a foreign exchange vehicle as much as anything else, issued under the Duvalier government to capture hard currency from foreign collectors who would never spend the coins domestically.
The choice to honor figures from American frontier conflicts was deliberate marketing toward the U.S. collector market, not any particular historical affinity between Haiti and the Seminole nation.