Haiti 1967-IC 100 gourdes
This specimen was lot 1222 in Jean Elsen sale 123 (Brussels, December 2014), where it sold for €410 (about US$596 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HAITI, République (1804- ), AV 100 gourdes, 1967, Marie Jeanne. Taches au revers. Flan Poli. (republic of Haiti, gold hundred gourdes of 1967, honoring Marie Jeanne. Stains on reverse, proof.)"
While the Haitian people starved, the regime issued numerous silver and gold commemoratives which were issued to insiders and sold abroad. A two hundred gourde (KM 70) and thousand gourde gold coins (KM 71) accompany this issue.
Recorded mintage: est. 2,950.
Specification: 19.75 g, 0.900 fine gold, .567 troy oz AGW, this specimen 19.76 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-3, KM 69.
- Arroyo, Carmen, Coins of Haiti, 1803-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 123, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2014.
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