Since I don't have any coins from Haiti in my collection,I decided to pick up these two. The large 20 centimes is of Fabre Nicholas Geffrard who was president for 8 years from 1859-67.Among his other accomplishments,he petitioned Abraham lincoln for recognition of Haiti as a free independent country to prevent takeover by Spain,he was successful. The second coin,a silver 12 centimes is of Alexandre Petion (president 1806-1818) who is considered the father of the Panamerican movement.He helped finance Simon Bolivar in the liberation of Columbia and Venezuela,among others. Anyone else have Haitian coins?
Mikjo0,the 5 Centimes & 10 Centimes coins depicting President Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier in the 1970's often turn up.You'd need this for your non-Axis of Evil dictators collection. Aidan.
I want one of Papa Doc's...I remember him....Bad dude! Here is a banknote of his I found on ebay.Notice how the coat of arms hasn't changed since the 1860's!
