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1 Dollar Liberation of the Philippines
| Uitgever | Liberia |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1997 |
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| Vorm | Round |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A dynamic low-relief scene depicts General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore in the foreground, dressed in his characteristic uniform and cap, accompanied by an armed infantryman with rifle and helmet to his left, evoking the historic Leyte Gulf landing of October 1944. Landing craft are visible in the surf in the right background. To the upper right, a circular depiction of the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is rendered in relief. The legend WORLD WAR II arcs boldly across the upper field, with LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES inscribed to the left and ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL to the right of the central figures. The denomination $1 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Liberia's practice of issuing commemorative dollars for events entirely unrelated to its own history was, by the 1990s, a well-established revenue strategy — these coins were struck for the collector market, not for circulation, and were produced by foreign mints under licensing arrangements that the Liberian government monetized through face-value authorization fees.
The liberation of the Philippines in 1945 had no shortage of legitimate commemorative weight behind it, which makes its treatment here — as one entry in a sprawling series of Liberian-issued world-event dollars — a curiously deflating vehicle for the subject.