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10 Dollars Timber Wolf
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large central colorized roundel depicting two timber wolves (Canis lupus) in close portrait, one gray-and-white and one predominantly dark, with mouths open in a naturalistic, lifelike rendering against a warm ochre background. The species name TIMBER WOLF is inscribed in raised lettering across the lower portion of the colored field. The polished border surrounding the roundel carries the legend WILDLIFE OF NORTH AMERICA along the upper arc, flanked by star devices, and the denomination 10 DOLLARS at the base, with small representations of the United States and Canadian flags positioned to either side of the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | * WILDLIFE OF NORTH AMERICA * TIMBER WOLF 10 DOLLARS |
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Liberia's collector coinage of the late 1990s and early 2000s was produced almost entirely for the international novelty market, with little to no domestic circulation intended. The Central Bank licensed dozens of wildlife and commemorative themes during this period to generate foreign exchange — the timber wolf having no particular relevance to Liberian fauna or national history.
KM# 700 is one of hundreds of issues from this era struck by private mints on contract, most commonly Pobjoy or the Bavarian State Mint, though attribution for specific Liberian contracts of this period is not always clean in the literature.