Just asking as I am working on finishing up an essay centered around Toussaint Louverture. I know it's a long shot that you have the real early examples, but I'm hoping someone here has one of the issues minted after Louverture's death but still minted in accordance with Louverture's request. I am only adding it to the essay if someone I know has one of which I can credit. Thanks everyone, here are a couple examples of these such coins.
I like early Haitian coinage. Unfortunately, I think the oldest I have is 1846 = An 43. 6 centimes: And a Faustin I 6 1/4 centimes from 1850 Good luck with your essay!
I have the 1907 50 centimes. Mine is VF. And a 5 centime from 1904 which is AG. Just wish we could have had some Louverture coins. Don't even know what the guy looked like.
Yes, correct. That is my absolute favorite image, very lifelike. But, all of these just be taken with a grain of salt as they are French sources anyway. You will see that other portraits of him are racially stereotypical, just because no lifetime portraits were done of him.
Here is another engraving from France in 1802. Amazing how powerful and great he looks in this one! first successful black slave rebellion in the new world. Louverture and others in Saint Domingue at this time walked so that the slaves of the United States, Barbados, and elsewhere could run with the ideals of multiculturalism.
The "A" mint mark on @Siberian Man 's one photo indicates Paris. The French minted coins for several countries, including Greece. Many early Greek postage stamps were also printed in Paris.