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10 Dollars Liberation of Vienna of the Turks - 1683
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE 20 01 10 DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large central colour-printed roundel reproducing a historical painting commemorating the Liberation of Vienna from the Ottoman Turks in 1683, depicting a bearded Ottoman figure wearing a white turban in the foreground against a background scene of a military encampment and battle landscape. The arc legend MOMENTS OF FREEDOM appears along the upper rim in raised letters, and the lower arc inscription LIBERATION OF VIENNA OF THE TURKISH - 1683 runs across the lower portion of the coloured field. The inner border is defined by a ring of raised beads. |
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Liberia's commemorative dollar series of the early 2000s swept up an eclectic range of European historical subjects with little connection to the issuing nation — this piece marking the 1683 relief of Vienna being a characteristic example. The siege, broken on September 12th by the combined forces of the Holy League under Jan III Sobieski of Poland, ended the Ottoman Empire's last serious military push into Central Europe.
Struck for the collector market, not circulation. KM#543 is one of dozens of similar issues from this period, produced under licensing arrangements common among smaller nations supplementing reserve income through numismatic sales.