Catalog
2 Cents Pattern
| Issuer | Republic of Liberia |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Thickness | 2.15 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the shield of the Liberian national arms, bearing eleven horizontal stripes in the upper canton with a single five-pointed star, flanked by six vertical stripes below, all set within a beaded inner circle. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST arcs along the upper legend, separated by a star at each terminal, while the denomination TWO CENTS and the date 1890 appear along the lower periphery, also flanked by stars. A toothed border surrounds the entire reverse field. |
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| Mintage | 1890 - Proof |
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Liberia's 1890 coinage patterns were produced in London, almost certainly by the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, which handled the bulk of Liberian coinage contracts during this period. Whether this 2 cents piece was ever seriously intended for circulation is unclear — Liberia's monetary system in the late nineteenth century was plagued by chronic shortages of subsidiary coinage, yet pattern proposals routinely died in committee without explanation.
The X#Pn5 reference places it firmly in pattern territory, with no confirmed circulation strike of this denomination from this year.