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15 Sols
| Issuer | State of Haiti |
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| Year | 1807-1809 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Standing allegorical figure of Liberty facing front, draped in classical robes and holding a liberty pole surmounted by a Phrygian cap in her left hand, with her right arm extended. The denomination '15 S.' is inscribed to either side of the figure in the field, flanked by the partial legend 'HAYTI' to the left. The circular legend 'MONNOIE. D'HAYTI.' runs along the upper periphery, and the date '1808' appears in the lower exergual area. The coin's border is decorated with a fine milled or reeded inner rim typical of early Haitian coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Henri Christophe issued this coin during the fractured years following Jean-Jacques Dessalines's assassination in 1806, when Haiti split into two rival states — Christophe's republic in the north and Pétion's in the south. The 15 sols denomination is an awkward fraction with roots in the old French colonial monetary system, retained less out of convenience than because the new state lacked the administrative machinery to break cleanly from pre-revolutionary accounting habits.
KM#6 is notably scarce in any grade. The northern state's minting infrastructure was rudimentary, and the political instability of 1807–1809 kept production irregular.