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2 Dollars FAO World Fisheries Conference
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed longneck croaker fish depicted in profile at the centre of the field, swimming amid stylised wavy lines representing water. Two small FAO emblems flank the denomination 2 DOLLARS inscribed along the lower portion of the field. The curved legend FAO WORLD FISHERIES CONFERENCE 1983-84 arcs along the upper periphery. The design is struck in high relief against a mirror-polished proof surface. |
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The FAO World Fisheries Conference was held in Rome in July 1984, convened in response to mounting concern over collapsing global fish stocks and the failure of existing international frameworks to manage them. Liberia's participation in the commemorative coinage program was largely nominal — the country had no significant deep-sea fishing industry of its own, and issues like this were frankly revenue exercises dressed in multilateral clothing.
The .925 silver version, KM#47a, was struck alongside a base metal counterpart, the latter intended for circulation while this one was not.