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25 Centimes Western Republic
| Issuer | Republic of Haiti |
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| Year | 1817 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Haitian coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a palm tree surmounted by a Phrygian cap atop a trophy of arms, with two cannons on a gun carriage flanked by flags, anchors, and other military implements arranged symmetrically. A crescent of cannonballs forms the base of the design. The circular legend reads REPUBLIQUE D'HAYTI around the upper periphery, with the denomination *25*C* divided by stars along the lower rim. |
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| Mintage | 14 (1817) - AN14; KM#15.1 - 14 (1817) P - AN14; KM#15.2 (P below truncation of Petion bust) - |
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Haiti's Western Republic coinage of 1817 emerged from the fractured political geography following the 1806 assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, which split the island between Henri Christophe's northern kingdom and Alexandre Pétion's southern republic. Pétion governed the western and southern departments until his death in March 1818, making this issue one of the final coinages authorized under his administration.
KM#15 is scarce in any grade. Pétion's republic lacked the institutional minting infrastructure of European powers, and surviving examples suggest limited and uneven production runs throughout the series.