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20 Dollars Amsterdam
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the Republic of Liberia occupy the central field, depicting a sailing ship at sea, a palm tree, a rising sun, a dove in flight, and a plough in the foreground, all within a shield surmounted by a scroll bearing the national motto. The date '2000' is divided by the shield, with '20' to the left and '00' to the right. The outer legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs around the upper rim, while the denomination '20 DOLLARS' is inscribed along the lower rim. A second legend, 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA', appears on a ribbon below the shield within the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE 20 00 REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 20 DOLLARS |
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Liberia's late-1990s and early-2000s commemorative silver program was one of the most prolific — and commercially cynical — in modern numismatic history. Dozens of issues appeared annually, contracted through foreign minting agents and marketed directly to collectors with no expectation of domestic circulation. The Amsterdam issue belongs to this wave, produced almost certainly by a European private mint under license rather than by any Liberian state facility.
Liberia had no meaningful silver coinage infrastructure of its own at this date.