Haiti 1889 2 centimes
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This specimen was lot 1601 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $235. The catalog description[1] noted, "HAITI: Republic, AE 2 centimes, 1889, pretender issue of General Légitime, President; pattern in copper by Oscar Roty, NGC graded MS65 RB. General François Denys Légitime was a Haitian general who served as President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889, but resigned in 22 August 1889, owing to the opposition of General Florvil Hyppolite, and retired to Jamaica." This handsome pattern was accompanied by a one centime (KM Pn85). A copper-nickel five centimes is the only regular issue for 1889.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Pn86.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Arroyo, Carmen, Coins of Haiti, 1803-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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- Haiti 1889 centime
- 1889 5 centimes
- Haiti 1890-A 10 centimes
- Coins and currency dated 1889
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