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2500 Dollars Pope John Paul II
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 373 g |
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| Obverse description | Detailed frontal view of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City occupies the central field, rendered with fine architectural detail including the iconic central dome, flanking cupolas, colonnaded facade, and sweeping lateral colonnades extending to either side. The legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs along the upper periphery, with a raised dot serving as a stop at either end. The denomination 2500 DOLLARS appears in the lower field, flanked by raised dots, all set against a deeply mirrored proof background. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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This piece belongs to a category of large-format gold issues produced by Liberia in the late 1990s and early 2000s — a period when the country, still recovering from the First Liberian Civil War, licensed its coinage authority to foreign minting firms targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation. The denomination bears no relationship to any actual monetary reality in Liberia at the time.
John Paul II died in April 2005; this 2001 issue predates his death by four years, placing it among commemoratives struck during his papacy rather than posthumously. At 373 grams, the gold content alone dwarfs the coin's nominal face value by several orders of magnitude.