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20 Centimes
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of President François Duvalier, rendered in high relief with a plain truncation. The portrait occupies the central field, depicting Duvalier in civilian dress with close-cropped hair. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI curves around the upper periphery, while the date 1970 appears in the lower exergual area. A raised rim frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The Haitian Coat of Arms occupies the central field, depicting a palm tree flanked by cannons, cannonballs, anchors, and military trophies arranged on a green hill, with a Phrygian cap atop the palm. A scroll beneath the central device bears the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE. The circular legend LIBERTÉ · ÉGALITÉ · FRATERNITÉ curves along the upper periphery, and the denomination numeral 20 appears in the lower field flanked by raised dots. A milled rim borders the design. |
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Haiti's coinage program in the late 1960s and early 1970s was largely driven by the Duvalier government's need to modernize the circulating currency while projecting an image of institutional stability — a sharp contrast to the political violence and economic deterioration that characterized "Papa Doc" Duvalier's presidency. This issue was struck during the final year before François Duvalier's death in April 1971, when his son Jean-Claude inherited power at nineteen years old.
The Franklin Mint handled production for several Haitian issues of this period, supplying coins the country's own infrastructure could not reliably produce.