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| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | PM Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023) |
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| Additional information |
Liberia's 1990s commemorative program was essentially a commercial licensing operation — the government authorized dozens of foreign-themed crown-sized pieces aimed squarely at the collector market, with little connection to Liberian history or monetary needs. This Mao issue was one of several Chinese political figures struck in the series, timed loosely around the thirtieth anniversary of the Cultural Revolution and marketed heavily through European and American dealers. Most were never intended for circulation and went directly into collector packaging.