Catalog
6 Centimes - Faustin I Essai
| Issuer | Empire of Haiti |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Weight | 6 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Faustin Soulouque declared himself Emperor Faustin I in August 1849, transforming Haiti's republic into an empire by sheer force of will and military loyalty. This essai — a pattern strike never approved for circulation — dates to the first full year of his imperial coinage program, when the new regime was still working out denominations and designs. The 6 centimes value was ultimately abandoned; no regular-issue coin of this denomination entered production under Faustin.