Catalog
2 Cents Pattern
| Issuer | Republic of Liberia |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn16 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A tall, centrally placed palm tree rising from a shoreline with low vegetation divides the denomination legend TWO to the left and CENTS to the right, with a small sailing vessel visible in the middle distance to the right of the trunk. A horizontal line separates the central design from the exergue, which contains the date 1868 in large numerals. The entire design is enclosed by a toothed border. |
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Liberia's 1868 pattern coinage was produced in Philadelphia, where the Mint had been handling Liberian coin production since the republic's early monetary arrangements with American Colonization Society backers. This particular piece was never adopted for circulation — the two-cent denomination was abandoned before regular issue, leaving pattern survivors as the only physical record that the denomination was seriously considered at all.