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1/2 Cent
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ONE HALF CENT ★ 1937 ★ |
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Liberia's 1937 coinage was struck at the Kings Norton Metal Company in Birmingham — the country had no mint of its own and contracted British manufacturers through much of the early twentieth century. This issue came during a particularly fraught period for the republic: the League of Nations had spent the early 1930s investigating Liberian government involvement in forced labor practices, nearly resulting in a full international receivership of the state's finances.
The nickel brass composition was a deliberate economy measure, replacing an earlier copper series.