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25 Centimes Western Republic
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1813-1816 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#12 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE D`HAYTI 25*C *AN XI* (Translation: Republic of Haiti Year 11) |
| Reverse description | The Haitian coat of arms occupies the entire field, depicting a centrally placed royal palm tree flanked by trophies of arms including cannons, cannonballs, anchors, flags, and other military implements, all arranged symmetrically. A verdant landscape with palm fronds and laurel branches frames the composition. The design is rendered in low relief with a somewhat crude, hand-engraved quality consistent with the early republican coinage of Haiti. A continuous beaded border runs along the rim, and no legend or inscription is present on this face. |
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Haiti's earliest coinage emerged from extraordinary circumstances — the world's first Black republic, established after the only successful slave revolt in history, needed functioning currency almost immediately. The 1813–1816 issues fall within the presidency of Alexandre Pétion, who governed the southern Republic of Haiti while Henri Christophe controlled the north as a rival state. Two governments, two coinages, one island.
KM#12 is scarce in any grade. The nascent Port-au-Prince infrastructure was poorly equipped for sustained silver coinage, and production was intermittent throughout Pétion's administration.