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20 Dollars Battle of Lexington Concord
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the full coat of arms of the Republic of Liberia, depicting a shield with a sailing ship, palm tree, dove, and rising sun, flanked by the national motto on a scroll. The date 2003 is split to either side of the shield, with '20' at left and '03' at right. The outer legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs along the upper rim, while the national motto 'THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE' curves around the mid-section of the design. A second inscription 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' appears on a scroll or banner at the base of the arms. The coin features a reeded border with an inner bead ring framing the central device. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Liberia's extensive run of foreign-topic commemoratives in the late 1990s and early 2000s was frankly a revenue operation — the coins were designed, marketed, and distributed almost entirely outside Liberia, aimed at Western collector markets with little domestic circulation or relevance. This piece, commemorating the April 1775 engagements that opened the American Revolutionary War, is squarely part of that program.
The shot fired at Lexington on the morning of April 19 — whether British or colonial remains unresolved by historians — triggered a running battle back to Boston that killed 73 regulars and 49 militiamen.