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2 Centimes
| Issuer | Republic of Haiti |
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| Year | 1886-1894 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#49 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a royal palm tree surmounted by a Cap of Liberty atop a staff, flanked symmetrically by an array of cannons, cannonballs, anchors, flags, and crossed rifles. A drum is positioned centrally at the base of the design. A scroll below the arms bears the motto 'L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE'. The legend 'LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE' curves around the periphery, and the Paris mint mark 'A' appears at the bottom of the field between two small decorative elements. A beaded inner border frames the design. |
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Haiti's late nineteenth-century bronze coinage was produced almost entirely by foreign mints — the country lacked domestic minting capacity — with much of this series struck in Paris or by contractors operating under French technical standards. The 1886–1894 window coincides with the presidency of Florvil Hyppolite, who came to power in 1889 following a period of severe political instability and foreign debt pressure from France, the latter still extracting payments tied to the 1825 independence indemnity.
KM#49 is occasionally found with weak central strikes, a known consequence of the high relief demands placed on large-module bronze blanks at the contracted facilities.