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10 Dollars Nobel Prize for the Dalai Lama - 1989
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a full-color photographic portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, depicted in a three-quarter frontal view, smiling and dressed in his traditional maroon monastic robes. The colorized portrait is set within a beaded inner border. The legend MOMENTS OF FREEDOM arcs along the upper portion of the rim, while the commemorative inscription NOBEL PRICE FOR THE DALAI LAMA - 1989 curves along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | MOMENTS OF FREEDOM NOBEL PRICE FOR THE DALAI LAMA - 1989 |
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Liberia has a long history of issuing collector coins commemorating foreign dignitaries and international events with no direct connection to the country — a revenue-generating practice that accelerated sharply in the 1990s and early 2000s as the nation's economy collapsed under the weight of civil war. The Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, cited for his nonviolent campaign for Tibetan autonomy, but this coin wasn't struck until over a decade later.
The twelve-year gap between the prize and the coin is entirely typical of Liberia's commemorative program from this period.