Haiti 1969-IC 10 gourdes

Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74548

This specimen was lot 74548 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HAITI. 10 Gourdes, 1969-IC. Italian (Arezzo) Mint. NGC PROOF-64 Ultra Cameo. General Toussaint L'Overture issue." While the Haitian people starved, the regime issued numerous silver and gold commemoratives which were issued to insiders and sold abroad. This NCLT honoring martyr Toussaint L'Ouverture was struck 1967-70.

Recorded mintage: 1,100 proofs.

Specification: 47.05 g, 0.999 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-65.1.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1967-IC 10 gourdes, Toussaint L'Ouverture
• 1969-IC 30 gourdes, La Citadelle
• 1969-IC 40 gourdes, J.J. Dessalines
• 1969-IC 60 gourdes, Alexandre Petion
• 1969-IC 250 gourdes, King Henri Christophe
• 1969-IC 500 gourdes, Haitian art
• Coins and currency dated 1969