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2 Centimes
| Issuer | Empire of Haiti |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Value | 2 Centimes (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the denomination DEUX CENTIMES inscribed in two lines within an open wreath of laurel branches tied at the base, with the date 1850 below the denomination inside the wreath. The circular legend EMPIRE D'HAITI runs along the left and right periphery, with a five-pointed star at the top separating the two words. The overall design is typographic in character, with no figurative portrait, emphasizing the republican and imperial civic symbolism of the young Haitian state. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a fasces — a vertically oriented bundle of rods bound with crossed bands, surmounted by an axe head — resting on a curved branch or saber at the base, a classic symbol of authority and collective strength. The denomination 2 C appears flanking the fasces to the left and right respectively in the field. The circular legend LIBERTE INDEPENDANCE runs along the upper periphery, with AN. 47 inscribed at the lower portion, denoting the 47th year of Haitian independence (reckoned from 1804). A beaded inner border frames the legend. |
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Haiti's 1850 coinage was issued under Emperor Faustin I — the former General Faustin Soulouque, who had himself crowned in a ceremony deliberately modeled on Napoleon's 1804 coronation. The copper centimes of this period were among the first coins to bear his imperial title, produced as Faustin worked to consolidate authority over a republic that had elected him president just two years earlier and which he had promptly abolished.
KM#35 is scarce in any grade above Fine, consistent with the limited institutional infrastructure of Haitian coinage production in this period.