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100 Gourdes Statue of Liberty
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de la République d'Haïti |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 100 Gourdes (100 HTG) |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of the Statue of Liberty facing slightly right, rendered in high relief with detailed folds in the robes and the torch raised aloft in the right hand; a stylized New York City skyline is depicted in low relief across the lower field on both sides of the figure. The legend REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI curves along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the inscription LA STATUE DE LA LIBERTE appears in two lines in the right field. The coin exhibits a contrasting frosted relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Haitian coat of arms, featuring a palm tree flanked by cannons, cannonballs, and a trophy of weapons and flags, all above a scroll bearing the national motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE in the exergual area. The denomination 100 GOURDES and the date 1977 are inscribed in large characters in the lower field. The legend LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE curves along the upper periphery within a beaded border. The design is executed in proof finish with frosted devices against a mirror field. |
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Issued as part of Haiti's extended run of collector-oriented commemoratives during the 1970s, this piece was struck to mark the centennial of France's gift of the Statue of Liberty to the United States — a diplomatic gesture that Haiti, as a Black republic born from revolution, had a distinct historical relationship with, given that the abolition of slavery in the U.S. and Haiti's own founding were ideologically entangled in the broader Atlantic argument over human freedom that the statue was meant to symbolize.
Production was contracted to the Franklin Mint, which handled the majority of Haiti's commemorative output during this decade under licensing arrangements with the Duvalier government.