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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 127069, member: 3565&quot;]Since I don&#039;t have any coins from Haiti in my collection,I decided to pick up these two.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Anyone else have Haitian coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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