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1 Liberty Dollar Counterstamp on Yemen 1 Rial, 1948-63
| Issuer | Anguilla Provisional Government |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Composition | Silver (.720) |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية اليمنية ريال واحد July 11 1967 • ANGUILLA• LIBERTY DOLLAR |
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| Mintage | 1967 - X#4.1; Host Coin: Y#17, 1948-62 - 500 1967 - X#4.2; Host Coin: Y#31, 1963 |
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In 1967, Anguilla unilaterally seceded from the newly formed state of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, a political union the island had never wanted. With no coinage infrastructure and an immediate need for circulating specie, the provisional government counterstamped whatever silver coins it could source locally — Yemeni rials being among the most available, likely absorbed through Caribbean trade channels. The result is one of the more improvised monetary instruments of postcolonial history.
The X prefix in the Krause reference signals its classification as an unofficial or emergency issue, which this plainly was.