French colonies 5 centimes 1825 

• 1825 
• KM# 10.1 
• French Colonies 
• 0,05 franc 

5963267

Coins

French colonies 5 centimes 1825

1825

Flora (Plants), Laurel branches, Twigs, Wreath

10

27

2.1

COLONIES FRANÇAISES 5 CENT • 1825 A

CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE. NP. Tiolier

Reeded

607.000

KM# 10.1

Lecompte# 298, Zay# 40

Coins labeled “Colonies Francaises” were primarily for use in the French West Indies, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint-Dominque (Haiti). France's most important Caribbean colonial possession was established in 1664, when the colony of Saint-Domingue (today's Haiti) was founded on the western half of the Spanish island of Hispaniola. In the 18th century, Saint-Domingue grew to be the richest sugar colony in the Caribbean. The eastern half of Hispaniola (today's Dominican Republic) also came under French rule for a short period, after being given to France by Spain in 1795. The Haiti indemnity controversy culminated in an agreement by Haiti to a 1825 gold demand by France for a 150 million francs indemnity (later reduced to 90 million in 1838) to be paid by the Republic of Haiti in claims over property lost through the Haitian Revolution in return for diplomatic recognition. The gold demand was delivered to the country by 12 French warships armed with 528 cannons. Diplomatic recognition by France of Haiti came in 1825, twenty-one years after the Haiti's declaration of independence.