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5 Dollars Christ and the Apostles, Iudas Iscariotes
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2007-2008 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse description | The coin is struck in the form of a jigsaw puzzle piece. The central device features the coat of arms of the Republic of Liberia in relief, depicting a shield with a sailing ship, a palm tree, a dove, and a rising sun, supported by the national motto ribbon. The date '2007' appears flanking the arms within the field, while the legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs along the upper border and the denomination '5 DOLLARS' is inscribed below the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | IUDAS ISCARIOTES |
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Liberia's numismatic output in the 2000s was almost entirely driven by foreign marketing firms — predominantly German and Swiss operations — licensing the country's minting authority to produce themed collector series with no meaningful connection to Liberian history or economy. This "Christ and the Apostles" series, of which the Judas Iscariot piece is one installment, was manufactured specifically for the European devotional collector market. The coins were never intended to circulate and were sold directly into the secondary hobby market.
KM#847 places this within a documented sequence, but the series has virtually no secondary market depth outside specialty thematic collections.