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20 Dollars Athens Olympic Games - Volleyball
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse description | The central device features the full coat of arms of the Republic of Liberia, depicting a three-masted sailing ship on the sea, a palm tree and rising sun on the shoreline, a dove in flight, and a plow and shovel in the exergue area of the shield. A scroll above the shield bears the national motto THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE. The date 2004 is divided by the lower portion of the arms, with '20' to the left and '04' to the right. The outer legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs along the upper periphery, and a second inscription REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA appears on a ribbon below the shield. The entire design is framed by a fine beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 2004 - Proof |
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Liberia's Olympic commemorative series of 2004 was one of dozens of collector-market issues produced by various small nations with no direct connection to the Athens Games — licensed through third-party minting arrangements, typically with European mints, and sold exclusively to the numismatic trade rather than circulating domestically. Liberia itself was in the final stages of a brutal civil war when these were struck, its own currency system effectively non-functional.