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1906 Liberian 25-cents
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Autor:  villa66 [ 17. Apr 2015, 05:39 ]
Betreff des Beitrags:  1906 Liberian 25-cents

Liberia’s 1906 25-cent piece struck in 5.80 grams of .925 silver. This type was introduced in 1896 as the country’s first 25-cent coin, and ten years after that first coinage, an additional mintage of these coins was needed. Some 34,000 of these 1906 25-cent pieces were coined, again at the Heaton mint in Birmingham.

As it happens, the image of this coin appears on Liberia’s first “coin” postage stamp, the blue-and-black 25-cent of 1906. The single star beneath the portrait suggests the single star on the Liberian flag, which—having replaced the original flag’s Christian cross—was intended to symbolize Liberia’s existence as a united and independent nation.

But note the portrait. It’s an image that I personally find very pleasing, but it seems much more European than African.

The portrait would have a more local aspect with the next mintage of 25-cent pieces, but the new type would be a long time arriving. Not until 1959 did the Philadelphia mint begin coining Liberia’s new 25-cent pieces, with all of those struck in 1959 and ’60 being dated 1960.

:) v.

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Autor:  Afrasi [ 17. Apr 2015, 19:45 ]
Betreff des Beitrags:  Re: 1906 Liberian 25-cents

Das Phänomen, dass unabhängig gewordene Staaten, Portraits mit den Gesichtszügen der ehemaligen Kolonialherren prägten, finden wir zum Beispiel auch in Haiti. Die gewünschte Aussage war vermutlich die Hervorhebung des Status als Republik, weswegen man bildliche Anleihen bei der französischen Republik tätigte. Deutlicher wird dies noch bei den liberianischen Probemünzen mit dem Kopf der "Marianne":

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Autor:  villa66 [ 24. Apr 2015, 03:49 ]
Betreff des Beitrags:  Re: 1906 Liberian 25-cents

The pattern 25-cents posted, is it perhaps a trick of the light, or does the allegory's portrait have tightly curled hair?

Nice!

:) v.

Autor:  Afrasi [ 24. Apr 2015, 11:02 ]
Betreff des Beitrags:  Re: 1906 Liberian 25-cents

Yes, Marianne looks like Curly Sue. ;-)

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