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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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| Composition | Gold (.900) |
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| Obverse description | Central half-figure of a draped female allegory, her long hair flowing, holding an Olympic torch aloft with her left hand, set against a large stylised Olympic flame rising from a cauldron at the base of the design. To the lower left a downhill skier and to the lower right a cross-country skier appear in the field, representing the Innsbruck Winter Games and Montreal Summer Games respectively. The Olympic five-ring symbol and the legend OLYMPIADE are inscribed on a tablet at the base, with the date 1976 incorporated within the flame. The circumferential legend REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI is arranged along the upper border, with INNSBRUCK to the left and MONTREAL to the right, all within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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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.