REPUBLIC OF HAITI
REIGN OF PRESIDENT FOR LIFE FRANCOIS "PAPA DOC" DUVALIER (1957-1971)
GOLD 100 GOURDES COIN COMMEMORATING FEMALE REVOLUTIONARY
MARIE-JEANNE LAMARTINIER
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS; DENOMINATION BELOW; DATE AT BOTTOM.
REV: HALF BUST OF MARIE-JEANNE FACING LAFT WITH RIGHT ARM UPRAISED HOLDING MACHETE.
KM # 69
MARIE-JEANNE LAMARTINIERE, KNOWN ONLY AS MARIE-JEANNE IN PERIOD ACCOUNTS, WAS A SOLDIER DURING THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION. KNOWN FOR HER BEAUTY, FIERCENESS AND COURAGE, SHE BOLSTERED MORALE AMONG HER FELLOW REVOLUTIONARIES WITH HER BRAVERY, AND SHE WORE A MAN'S MILITARY UNIFORM.
CONTAINS 19.75 GRAMS OF 900 FINE GOLD
.5715 OZ AGW
30 MM IN DIAMETER
THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION BEGAN IN 1791 AND ENDED IN 1804. KRAUSE CATALOG CALLS MOST HAITIAN COINS ISSUED FROM 1967-1970 "10th ANIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION" ISSUES. THIS IS ERRONEOUS. "PAPA DOC" WAS ENTRENCHED IN 1957, THE ISSUES ARE MORE LIKLEY HAVING TO DO WITH THE START OF HIS REIGN. HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT BY POPULAR VOTE, AND THOUGH HIS RULE WAS A BLOODY ONE, THERE WAS NO REVOLUTION BRINGING HIM TO POWER.
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