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200 Dollars Presidential Inauguration
| Issuer | Republic of Liberia |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 200 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a figure in traditional attire blowing a large ceremonial horn, rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. The design is enclosed within a raised inner circle, with the full circumferential legend distributed around the outer border. The denomination L$200 and the inscription PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION appear in the upper portion of the legend, while RALLY TIME, NOW-ALWAYS, and the date 1976 occupy the lower and lateral portions, all separated by five-pointed stars. The composition commemorates the inauguration of President Tolbert and references his national rallying motto. |
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| Reverse lettering | L$200 ★ PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION ★ 1976 ★ RALLY TIME ★ NOW-ALWAYS ★ |
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Liberia's 1976 Presidential Inauguration issue commemorates the fifth inaugural term of William R. Tolbert Jr., who had assumed the presidency following William Tubman's death in 1971 and was formally inaugurated in his own right in January 1976. Four years later, Tolbert was assassinated during the April 1980 military coup led by Master Sergeant Samuel Doe — the first violent overthrow of a Liberian government since the republic's founding. Few commemorative gold issues have aged into such grim historical irony so quickly.