100 Dollars Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti

Liberia has a long history of issuing gold and silver collector pieces with no connection to domestic circulation — the country operates almost entirely on US dollars in practice. This piece is part of a wave of sub-$500 face-value gold issues marketed through third-party dealers to collectors of ancient Egyptian themes, a category that has flooded the numismatic market since roughly 2015. Amenhotep IV, who renamed himself Akhenaten, and Nefertiti are perennial subjects in this space precisely because the Amarna period remains archaeologically contested and commercially irresistible.