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2 1/2 Dollars Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000 2 1/2 DOLLARS |
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Liberia's Olympic commemorative program in the late 1990s was essentially a licensing operation — the government authorized dozens of issues tied to Sydney 2000, most with no meaningful connection to Liberian sport or Olympic participation. The country was simultaneously mired in the aftermath of civil war, and hard currency revenue from coin sales to foreign collectors was one of the few reliable income streams available to the administration.
KM#644 is one of several copper-nickel denominations in this series sold primarily through wholesale numismatic distributors in Europe and North America, never intended for domestic circulation.