5 Centimes 1949 [Haiti]

Coins-America

Reverse
Along the upper edge, the Haitian motto 'LIBERTE . EGALITE . FRATERNITE' — translated from French as 'LIBERTY . EQUALITY . FRATERNITY'. Below, the number 5 is highlighted on both sides by raised dots. In the central part is the national coat of arms of Haiti: a palm tree topped with a Phrygian cap (cap of liberty) shelters six flags of the Republic with its leaves, three on each side, and two cannons. In front of them are trophies: a drum, a bugle, rifles, ship anchors, cannonballs. The motto on the ribbon 'L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE' means 'In unity there is strength'.
Obverse
In the left part, along the edge of the coin, the French inscription 'REPUBLIQUE', on the right 'D'HAITI' — Republic of Haiti. Below, the year of minting '1949'. In the central part, the left-facing profile of Dumarsais Estimé, a Haitian statesman and politician, President from 1946 to 1950.