20 Dollars Duke of Marlborough

Liberia's 1990s commemorative program was, bluntly, one of the most commercially cynical in modern numismatics — the country issued hundreds of silver dollars targeting foreign collectors on themes that had no connection whatsoever to Liberian history. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeated the French at Blenheim in 1704, one of the most consequential battlefield decisions of the 18th century, and was rewarded with a palace named after the victory. None of that has anything to do with Monrovia.