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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5002385, member: 102103&quot;]Interesting article.&nbsp; I like early Haitian coinage, though mine aren&#039;t as nice.</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces28715.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces28715.html" rel="nofollow">6 centimes</a>, Republic of Haiti, An 43 (1846)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200730[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13475.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13475.html" rel="nofollow">6 1/4 Centimes</a>, Second Haitian Empire, Faustin I, 1850</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200731[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I find the coexistence of the 6 and 6 1/4 denominations contemporaneously </p><p>fascinating.&nbsp; The 6-12-25 Centime denominations seem to have come from the </p><p>Western Republic when it existed separately.&nbsp; The 6 1/4 might show the Spanish </p><p>influence of dividing the main currency unit into 8ths and 16ths.&nbsp; (6 1/4 * 16 = 100)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my notes on the denominations extant in early Haiti and significant </p><p>inflationary events in case they might be of interest to anyone else:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Decimal 1813-1870 (First Gourde) </i></p><p><i>Second Gourde 1870-72 (10x revaluation)</i></p><p><i>Third Gourde:&nbsp; 1872-present (300x revaluation)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>1 centime, copper</i></p><p><i>1828-1842, 1846, 1850</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>2 centimes, copper</i></p><p><i>1828-1842, 1846, 1849, 1850</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>5 centimes, bronze</i></p><p><i>1863</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>6 centimes, silver (Western Republic)</i></p><p><i>1813, 1818</i></p><p><i>6 centimes, copper (unified)</i></p><p><i>1846, 1849, 1850</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>6 1/4 centimes, copper</i></p><p><i>1846, 1850</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>10 centimes, bronze</i></p><p><i>1863</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>12 centimes, silver</i></p><p><i>1813-1817 (Western Republic)</i></p><p><i>1827-29 (unified)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>20 centimes, bronze</i></p><p><i>1863</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>25 centimes, sliver</i></p><p><i>1813-1818 (Western Republic)</i></p><p><i>1825-1834 (unified)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>50 centimes, silver</i></p><p><i>1827-1833</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>100 centimes, silver</i></p><p><i>1829-1833</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>1825: France demands indemnity of 150 million francs</i></p><p><i>1838:&nbsp; reduced to 90 million francs</i></p><p><i>1821-22:&nbsp; Dominican side gains independence from Spain, joined to Haiti by force</i></p><p><i>18144:&nbsp; Dominican independence from Haiti.&nbsp; Warfare though 1856</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>8 reales = 27 g silver</i></p><p><i>1 gorde = 10 g silver</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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