Liberia's celebrity and commemorative coinage program of the late 1990s and early 2000s was frankly a revenue operation aimed squarely at foreign collectors, issued under licensing arrangements that had little connection to Liberian monetary history. Barbara Bush appeared in a series alongside other American First Ladies, none of which were intended for domestic circulation. The coins were struck by foreign private mints and sold directly into the collector market.
Liberia's celebrity and commemorative coinage program of the late 1990s and early 2000s was frankly a revenue operation aimed squarely at foreign collectors, issued under licensing arrangements that had little connection to Liberian monetary history. Barbara Bush appeared in a series alongside other American First Ladies, none of which were intended for domestic circulation. The coins were struck by foreign private mints and sold directly into the collector market.