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20 Dollars Year of the Scout
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Liberia occupies the central field, depicting a shield bearing a three-masted sailing ship at sea beneath a dove in flight, with a palm tree and a rising sun to the right, and a plough and spade crossed below. The shield is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination TWENTY DOLLARS. is inscribed along the lower periphery, both in bold raised lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA TWENTY DOLLARS. |
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Liberia's 1983 scout commemorative was part of a broader wave of issues produced for the World Scout Jamboree held that year in Alberta, Canada — dozens of small nations struck silver pieces for the collector market, most with negligible domestic circulation. Liberia's entry into this genre was typical of the Franklin Mint-era contract coinage that flooded numismatic channels throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, produced explicitly for foreign buyers rather than any functional monetary purpose.
KM#45 sees relatively modest collector demand today.