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20 Dollars George G. Meade
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a facing three-quarter bust portrait of Union Army General George G. Meade in military uniform, rendered in high relief with fine detailing on his beard and epaulettes. The background depicts a stylised American flag composed of horizontal stripes and a canton of stars occupying the left field, overlaid with a geometric grid pattern suggesting a globe or map projection. The arc legend CIVIL WAR - GEORGE G. MEADE is inscribed along the upper rim, with the life dates 1815 - 1872 along the right, and the denomination $20 at the base of the field in the lower exergual area. |
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| Reverse lettering | CIVIL WAR - GEORGE G. MEADE 1815-1872 $20 |
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George Gordon Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg in July 1863 — the engagement most credited with turning the war's momentum — yet spent the remainder of his career overshadowed by Grant, who assumed general command in 1864 and effectively reduced Meade to a subordinate despite leaving him nominally in charge. Liberia's Civil Bank series of American historical figures, issued around 2000, was produced almost entirely for the collector export market with no meaningful domestic circulation.