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500 Gourdes 1976 Montreal-Innsbruck Olympiad
| Issuer | Haiti (1804-date) |
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| Year | 1974-1975 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#117, KM#126 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 900 500 GOURDES 1974 (Translation: Liberty Equality Brotherhood) |
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Haiti's Olympic gold series was authorized under Jean-Claude Duvalier, who had inherited the presidency from his father François ("Papa Doc") in 1971 at age nineteen. The coins were part of a broader strategy of using commemorative issues to generate hard currency through foreign collector markets — a revenue stream the Duvalier governments relied on heavily, given the country's near-total exclusion from conventional international finance.
The dual KM references reflect two distinct emission dates: 1974 and 1975, with the coins anticipating Games held in 1976. Franklin Mint handled production under contract.