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20 Dollars XXVII Olympic Games - Football
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of the Republic of Liberia at center, depicting a shield bearing a sailing vessel at sea, a palm tree, a rising sun, and a plough in the foreground, flanked by crossed tools and supported by a dove in flight above. A scroll above the shield bears the national motto THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE, and a banner below reads REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA. The outer legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs along the upper rim, while the date 2000 is divided across the left and right fields, and the denomination 20 DOLLARS appears along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic depiction of two male football players in mid-stride competing for a football positioned at the base of the design, rendered in high relief against a stylized background featuring a large Olympic stadium and architectural elements suggestive of a sports venue. The curved legend XXVII OLYMPIC GAMES arcs along the upper rim in bold lettering, while the denomination $20 is inscribed at the bottom of the field in large numerals. |
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Liberia's late-1990s and early-2000s commemorative program was, bluntly, one of the most prolific and commercially cynical in the modern collector market. The Central Bank licensed dozens of silver issues to foreign distributors — primarily operating out of Germany and the United States — with virtually no intended circulation within Liberia itself. The Sydney 2000 football issue is squarely part of that wave: minted to order for the collector trade, not for domestic monetary use.
Liberia had no meaningful football program at the 2000 Games.