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20 Dollars Victory over Japan
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#714 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a two-part commemorative scene illustrating the end of World War II. In the foreground, military officials are shown seated and standing at a table during the Japanese surrender signing ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, with Allied officers in attendance. In the background upper right, a group of soldiers is shown raising the American flag, referencing the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising image. The arc legend HISTORY OF AMERICA appears along the left periphery, with VICTORY OVER JAPAN and the date 1945 along the right. The denomination $20 is inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | HISTORY OF AMERICA VICTORY OVER JAPAN 1945 $20 |
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Liberia's commemorative coinage of this period was largely produced under contract by foreign mints — primarily the Pobjoy Mint in the UK and the Bavarian State Mint — for the export collector market rather than any domestic circulation. The Victory over Japan theme, issued a full 55 years after the August 1945 surrender aboard the USS Missouri, belongs to a wave of millennium-adjacent World War II commemoratives that flooded the market around 2000.
Liberia had no direct role in the Pacific War, making this purely a commercial licensing arrangement. KM#714 is one of dozens of $20 silver pieces Liberia authorized that year under similar conditions.