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25 Dollars Alebrijes Pájaro
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars 25 LRD = CHF 0.11 |
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| Obverse description | A stylized Alebrije bird rendered in the Mexican folk-art tradition occupies the central field, depicted in full profile facing left with elaborate geometric and floral patterns covering its body, wings, and decorative crest. The bird stands on taloned feet, its plumage intricately engraved with mandala-like rosettes, zigzag motifs, and scrollwork characteristic of Oaxacan craft art. A circular legend surrounds the central device, reading 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' at left, '1/500 oz' and '2026' at top, '25 Dollars' at right, and 'PT.999' at bottom, all in raised Latin lettering against the mirror-like field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 1/500 oz 2026 25 Dollars PT.999 |
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Alebrijes are a distinctly modern Mexican folk art form, invented by Pedro Linares López in the 1930s after he reportedly hallucinated fantastical hybrid creatures during a fever-induced coma. The tradition was later popularized through the papier-mâché work of the Linares family and the carved wooden figures of the Juárez family in Oaxaca — neither Mexican in origin nor particularly ancient, despite frequent mischaracterization as pre-Columbian.
Liberia's use of the motif here is purely commercial, issued under the country's longstanding practice of licensing culturally unrelated themes for the collector bullion market. At 0.062 grams of platinum, this is fractional coinage at its most marginal.