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20 Dollars Potsdam
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Liberia occupy the central field, depicting a shield bearing a sailing ship at sea, a palm tree, and a rising sun, surmounted by a scroll inscribed THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE. A dove in flight appears above the shield, and a plow and shovel are shown below on a rocky foreground. The date 2001 is divided to either side of the arms. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA runs along the upper rim, with a repeated inscription REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA on a ribbon beneath the shield, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | WORLD HERITAGE SITE · POTSDAM · GERMANY · 20 DOLLARS |
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Liberia's early 2000s commemorative program produced dozens of $20 silver pieces targeting the collector market almost exclusively, with virtually no connection to domestic circulation or monetary policy. The Potsdam issue belongs to a sprawling series of world landmark coins contracted through foreign minting houses and sold directly to dealers and telemarketing operations — a revenue strategy Liberia leaned on heavily during a period when the Charles Taylor government was under international sanctions.