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100 Gourdes Geronimo Chiricahua
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#93 |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian Coat of Arms occupies the central field, depicting a royal palm tree flanked by four flags and trophies of arms, with two cannons and cannonballs at the base, and a banner inscribed L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE below. The fineness mark 900 and mintmaster initial IC appear in the lower field to either side of the denomination. The legend LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE curves along the upper periphery, with the denomination 100 GOURDES and date 1971 displayed prominently in the lower field. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to Haiti's ambitious 1971 collector gold series, issued under Jean-Claude Duvalier in the early months following his father François's death in April of that year. The series depicted figures from North American indigenous history — an unusual choice for a Caribbean nation, explained largely by the involvement of foreign minting contractors and the series' explicit targeting of the international numismatic market rather than domestic circulation.
Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache leader, surrendered to U.S. forces in 1886 after a years-long campaign across the Arizona and Sonora territories. He died a prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1909, never permitted to return to his homeland.