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50 Cents
| Issuer | Treasury of Liberia |
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| Year | 1858-1866 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain, unadorned paper surface with no design elements, text, or ornamentation. |
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| Variants | P#6a - 26.02.1858 P#6b - year 18__ in plate 06.02.1862, 26.02.1862, 25.02.1863 & 07.04.1863 P#6c - year 186__ in plate 24.08.1863, 26.08.1863, 28.12.1863, 18.02.1864, 18.07.1864* & 18.02.1866 * not listed in catalog |
| Comments |
Liberia's Treasury notes of this period occupy an awkward corner of West African monetary history. The republic had been issuing its own currency since the 1840s, but chronic shortages of coin meant these fractional Treasury notes — fifty cents among them — carried genuine transactional weight in Monrovia's markets, not merely symbolic value.
Pick 6 is among the rarest of the early Liberian issues. The eight-year date span reflects reuse of the same printed stock across multiple authorization cycles rather than continuous fresh printings, and surviving examples are scarce enough that auction appearances draw significant specialist attention.