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10 Dollars Dendrobates Granuliferus
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A full-color applied image of the Granular Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) is depicted in three-quarter profile, seated on a textured rocky surface occupying the lower half of the field. The specimen is rendered in vivid polychrome coloring, with a predominantly red dorsal surface mottled with blue and dark markings on the limbs and flanks, and a large black eye. The legend WILDLIFE PROTECTION 2005 arcs along the upper periphery in incuse lettering, and the scientific name DENDROBATES GRANULIFERUS is inscribed in a straight line across the upper field below the legend. The mirrored proof field provides a striking contrast to the naturalistic colored effigy of the frog. |
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Liberia's wildlife coin program of the early 2000s was a straightforward revenue operation — the Central Bank licensed designs to foreign distributors, primarily in Europe, who sold them as collectibles with no expectation of domestic circulation. The granular poison dart frog (Dendrobates granuliferus), native to Costa Rica and Panama rather than Liberia, had no connection to the issuing country whatsoever.
These pieces were struck by contract mints and sold through the numismatic trade almost exclusively. KM#861 is one of dozens of nearly identical wildlife issues from Liberia in this period, all sharing the same physical specifications and the same fundamental commercial logic.