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100 Gourdes Osceola Seminole
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Currency | Third gourde (1872-date) |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian coat of arms displayed prominently in the central field, featuring a royal palm tree flanked by an array of military trophies including flags, cannons, cannonballs, and weapons arranged symmetrically. A ribbon scroll at the base of the arms bears the national motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE. The arc legend LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE curves along the upper periphery with a beaded inner border. The denomination 100 GOURDES and the date 1971 are inscribed in the lower field, with the fineness mark 900 at left and the mintmaster's initials IC at right. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 900 IC 100 GOURDES 1971 (Translation: Liberty Equality Brotherhood) |
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This coin belongs to Haiti's 1971 commemorative gold series issued under François "Papa Doc" Duvalier — or more precisely, under his son Jean-Claude, who assumed the presidency in April of that year following his father's death. The Osceola piece is among the more historically peculiar choices in the set: a Haitian state commemorating a Seminole leader who fought the United States government in Florida in the 1830s, with no direct connection to Haitian history.
The series was minted by the Valcambi refinery in Switzerland for collector export, never intended for domestic circulation.