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20 Dollars XXVII Olympic Games - Cycling
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Liberia occupies the central field, depicting a sailing ship at sea with a palm tree and rising sun, surmounted by a scroll bearing the national motto. The date 2000 is divided on either side of the arms, with the denomination '20 DOLLARS' inscribed along the lower periphery. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs across the upper field, while the motto 'THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE' appears on a ribbon within the shield. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Liberia's Olympic commemorative program of the late 1990s and early 2000s was essentially a revenue operation, licensed to outside minting agents with minimal oversight from Monrovia — the country was in the middle of a civil war and had no functioning mint of its own. These pieces were struck abroad, almost certainly in China or by a European contract mint, and exported as collector items with no meaningful circulation in Liberia itself.
The Sydney 2000 licensing agreements required issuing authorities to pay the IOC a royalty on each commemorative sold.