Haiti, First Republic CU ESSAI 20 Centimes. Paris mint, 1877 IB CT. ✷ REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI ✷, bust of Mercury to left; ESSAI below and date in exergue / ✷ LIBERTE ✷ EGALITE ✷, denomination above crossed sword and laurel branch; IB (skull) CT in exergue. KM Pn75.
NGC graded PF 64 RB (#6322348-001). Only 4 coins graded higher. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.