Country:

Haiti

Series:

1970~Today - Commemoratives

Catalog codes:

Colnect codes HT-000010
World Coins km119

Themes:

Coats of Arms | Dictators | F.A.O. | Heads of State

Issued on:

1975

Last issue date:

1975

Distribution:

Circulating Commemorative

Mints:

United States Mint, San Francisco, (1937~Today), 155 Hermann St. CA, U.S.A.

Composition:

Copper-Nickel-Zinc (Cu-Ni-Zn)

Edge:

Plain/smooth

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

2.75 grams

Diameter:

19.9 mm

Thickness:

1.25 mm

Face value:

5 c - Haitian centime

Known mintage:

16,000,000

Composition Details:

70% copper - 12% nickel - 18% zinc

Description:

Front: Coat of arms (1807, altered 1964)
without Phrygian cap above palm and chains
with arced ribbon with motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE
(translation: Unity Makes Strength)
inside circular FAO text: AUGMENTONS LA PRODUCTION
ALIMENTAIRE above value
legend: (motto with spacers/dots)
LIBERTÉ • EGALITÉ • FRATERNITÉ
(bottom, value between spacers/dots) • 5 •
Back: head of 33th president Jean-Claude Duvalier (left)
(22 April 1971 – 7 February 1986)
* July 3, 1951, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
x (1980) Michèle Bennett (div. 1990, *1950-)
legend: (state name, left) REPUBLIQUE (right) D'HAITÏ
(bottom, year) 1975
Edge: Edge: P – plain, type: Π