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20 Dollars Independence Hall - USA
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central field features the full coat of arms of Liberia, depicting a sailing ship on the sea, a palm tree, a rising sun, a dove in flight, and a plough with a spade, all enclosed within an ornate shield surmounted by a scroll bearing the national motto 'THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE'. The date '2000' is divided across the left and right fields flanking the arms. The outer legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '20 DOLLARS' is inscribed in the lower exergue. The coin is struck to proof standard with frosted devices against a mirror-polished field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Liberia's late-1990s and early-2000s silver dollar program was essentially a foreign-market collectibles operation, struck by private mints in Europe and sold through mail-order dealers and telemarketers targeting American buyers. The "20 Dollars" denomination had no meaningful relationship to the Liberian economy or monetary system — these pieces were never intended to circulate in Monrovia.
The series flooded the collector market during a period when Liberia itself was barely functional as a state, still recovering from years of civil war under Charles Taylor.