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100 Dollars H. H. Tenzin Gyatso - Dalai Lama
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The central field features the coat of arms of Liberia, depicting a sailing ship on the sea before a rising sun, a palm tree to the right, and a dove in flight above, all enclosed within a shield. The date 1996 is divided to the left and right of the shield, and the denomination 100 DOLLARS appears in the exergue. The outer legend reads REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA along the upper arc, with THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE along the inner arc. The fineness 999·9 and the mark PM appear in the field, along with the gold indicator Au. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Liberia's 1990s gold program was nakedly commercial — the country licensed its mint authority to foreign distributors who issued commemorative pieces with no connection to Liberian history or monetary need. This coin is a product of that arrangement, almost certainly struck by a private European or South African mint under contract. The Dalai Lama's 1989 Nobel Peace Prize made him a reliable subject for this kind of issue; his image appeared on commemoratives from multiple obscure issuing authorities through the 1990s.
KM#252 corresponds to a series notable for its precise .9999 fineness at a time when most bullion commemoratives used .999 — a minor but deliberate marketing distinction.