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Liberian "coin".

Started by Alan Glasser, May 15, 2012, 01:48:48 AM

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Alan Glasser

Hello, all.

Can anyone tell me what is being commemorated on this "coin"? Is it the French Flag, Independence or might it be the National Anthem of France?

Thanks.

Alan, MA

chrisild

Seems to be one piece in a series. Here is the "Spain version":
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj255/haubenwallner/AN0/a3809.jpg

So the common elements are ...
* the term "ECU" at the top, surrounded by the twelve stars,
* the country name in English,
* the flag of the country,
* the name of the national anthem,
* and ... somebody. :) Possibly the anthem composers, but I have no idea.

The use of "ECU", two years after the euro replaced the ECU, is somewhat odd. Then again, this may be one of those unauthorized "Liberian" issues anyway.

Christian

Gerhard Schön

This used to be a large series of medals bearing the word ECU produced in Karlsfeld on behalf of Bayerisches Münzkontor since 1993. Several years later, in 2001, nearly all reverse designs of these (and many other) medals were reissued with Liberia 1 Dollar obverse. It is not easy to find out if this was done without authorization since there is nobody in Liberia who would care about it.

Alan Glasser

Hello, Gerhard.

All that makes the "coin" a bit more interesting.  I think it would go nicely in my "National Anthems" music coin set...the only problem now is that I have to get an International check in Euros. My bank doesn't do that.
Thanks for the input.

Alan  MA

Figleaf

Checks are expensive, slow and little used (except in France) in most European countries. You are better off with a SWIFT transfer. It is also expensive, but quicker and safer and any bank ought to be able to do it. More info here:

http://auctionfeecalculator.com/iban-transfers.html

or Google IBAN BIC SWIFT.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.