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20 Dollars Year of the Tiger, Type III
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Reverse description | A powerful tiger is depicted in a dynamic, crouching attack stance, poised atop a rocky outcrop and facing left with open jaws, rendered in fine relief with detailed striped fur. A decorative cartouche bearing Chinese characters appears in the lower left of the field. The English legend YEAR OF THE TIGER arcs along the upper border, accompanied by Chinese characters arranged around the inner periphery of the coin. The denomination $20 is inscribed in the lower field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border. |
| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Liberia's late-1990s commemorative program was prolific to the point of embarrassment — the government licensed production to foreign minting houses, primarily in South Korea and China, generating dozens of themed issues with little connection to Liberian monetary history. The Chinese zodiac series sits squarely in that category: designed for the Asian collector market rather than domestic circulation, these coins were never intended to pass through Liberian hands.
KM#587 is one of three "Type" variants cataloged for this year, distinguished by subtle design differences traceable to different subcontracted dies.