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1 Liberty Dollar Counterstamp on China 1 Yuan, 1914-21
| Issuer | Anguilla Provisional Government |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of the host Chinese Republic Yuan Shikai dollar displays the denomination 壹圓 (One Yuan) in two large Chinese characters at center, framed within a symmetrical wreath of stylized foliage branches tied at the base. Above the denomination, the vertical legend 中華民國 (Republic of China) and the year in Chinese numerals appear in the upper field. The wreath and central inscription are executed in high relief against a finely striated background, with a milled border encircling the entire design. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Anguilla's 1967 breakaway from the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla federation left the island's provisional government without recognized currency and, more pressingly, without the infrastructure to mint its own. The counterstamp solution — applied to surplus Chinese Republican-era Yuan pieces — was improvised and intentionally temporary, a stopgap while Anguilla pressed Britain for political recognition following the May revolt led by Ronald Webster.
The underlying host coins date from the warlord and early Nationalist periods, 1914–1921, struck at various Chinese mints to varying standards. Not all surviving examples were counterstamped with equal pressure or die alignment.