Catalog
50 Cents Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Composition | Tin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Liberty facing left, wearing a laurel wreath with flowing ribbons, her hair elaborately dressed and gathered at the nape. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine classical detailing. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs around the upper periphery, with the Heaton mint initial H positioned to the right. A five-pointed star appears in the lower field beneath the truncation, all within a toothed border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, comprising an unadorned flat field with no design, legend, or device of any kind, consistent with its status as a uniface obverse trial strike produced to test the die and planchet characteristics. |
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| Mint | H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
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