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71/2 Sols - Henri Christophe Essai
| Issuer | State of Haiti |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Value | 71/2 Sols = 0.375 Livre (⅜) |
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| Obverse description | A seated allegorical female figure, representing Liberty, is depicted in the central field, shown in three-quarter view facing right. She is draped in classical robes and holds a long staff or pike surmounted by a liberty cap in her raised left hand, while her right hand rests upon an oval shield decorated with stars and a sunburst motif. Radiating lines emanate from behind the figure, lending the composition a dynamic, neoclassical character. The circumferential legend MONNOIE D'HAITY arcs around the upper and lateral border, separated from the field by a beaded inner ring, while the denomination 7 1/2 SOLS appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONNOIE D`HAITY 7 1/2 SOLS (Translation: Coinage of Haiti) |
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Henri Christophe issued this essai in 1808 while consolidating power in the northern state following the assassination of Dessalines two years prior. Haiti was then functionally partitioned — Christophe controlling the north, Pétion the south — and the proposed coinage of this period reflects competing legitimacy claims rather than any unified monetary policy. This piece was never adopted for circulation.