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25 Dollars Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2026 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Rectangular format bearing a coloured devotional image of the Blessed Virgin Mary as venerated in the Chapel of the Gate of Dawn, Vilnius, Lithuania. The icon depicts the Virgin in a traditional Byzantine-influenced style, crowned and adorned in a richly decorated golden mantle, with a serene frontal facing effigy set against a radiant golden ground. The image closely follows the celebrated miraculous icon of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, one of the most revered Marian shrines in Eastern Europe, rendered with meticulous polychrome detail. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vilnius's Gate of Dawn — Aušros Vartai — houses a venerated icon that has drawn Catholic pilgrims since the 17th century and remains one of the most significant Marian shrines in Eastern Europe. Liberia has no historical or political connection to it whatsoever. The country has issued hundreds of similarly themed collector coins over the past two decades, licensing religious and cultural imagery from across the globe as a revenue mechanism, a practice common among small nations with mint agreements through private European distributors.
The 2026 date places this coin's release before its actual strike date — forward-dating is routine in this segment of the commemorative market.