Republic of Liberia coins

So I came across some Republic of Liberia coins while going though some stuff. One is a $5 coin dated 2000 and on the front is an attack of pearl harbor commemorative image. The other is a $10 2001 coin that has, no kidding, a 3d hologram sticker of the statue of liberty on the front. It's a little cheesy looking actually. I've seen these Republic of Liberia coins advertised on TV (not the specific ones I have in my possession, but in general I've seen them sold on TV before) Are they actually worth anything or are they just gimmick? Would they even be worth the $5 and $10 face values?

EDIT: Heres some scans. The back looks the same on both coins except the other one is 2001.

 

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If you like the themes and/or designs, well, why not collect them? (Or maybe a specific series "from" Liberia that is interesting.) As for the values, 10 Liberian dollars is about 14 cents in US dollars ...

Christian

 

liberia are one of the nations who are guilty of producing non circulating legal tender crap coins. for gods sake what has liberia got to do with pearl harbour.

 

Joel's Coins sells a lot of that kind of stuff:

http://www.joelscoins.com/oops.htm

 

Thanks for posting the Liberia coins

I personally really like the 20th Century circulating coin designs from Liberia. I like the elephants & palm tree designs muchly. I bought a really nice looking brass 1/2 cent earlier this month for $0.30 and I like it a lot.

I personally don't care for many of the non-circulating Liberia coins in the catalogs. They are just not what I collect.

BTW, I have stamps in my passport for Togo & Benin but I've never been to Liberia:rollling:

 

this has got to be one of the worst coins ever issued by a country, liberia decided to issue a coin to celebrate the octopus that was supposed to have picked out the winners in each game in the 2010 world cup, it also celebrates spain winning the competition even though there is not even a remote link between liberia and spain let alone an octopus in a german zoo.

 

That's kinda what I figured, just thought I'd check it out though. I might try to sell them on ebay, who knows I might get a little something from them. Hey if someone collects them they'll have more use then I will for them. My dad, god love him, but sometimes he fell for gimmicky stuff like this.

I kinda want that Octopus soccer coin now though, LOL. And I thought the hologram sticker on mine was cheesy, wow.

 

Why do these countries produce these ugly coins???

 

I do not think they produce ugly coins. The coins by the op were produce by the Franklin mint (I am reasonable sure) and I doubt there are many even in Liberia. I do not think these coins are ugly. They were produce in England and were circulated in Liberia.

BTW, when these were circulating, they were interchangeable with the American coinage and bills - one for one.

 

Ugly ? No way !

 

i have a 5 dollar one 1999 with generals george meade and robert e lee it says 1863 gettysburg with the stars and stripes and rebel flags

 

Here is mine. Rather nice and exotic coin

 

Very interesting coins listed on that site, yet very awful ones as well in my opinion.

 

Take all modern Liberian commemorative coins with a grain of salt. That country is or was such a mess with their constant civil war that determining who the real government is was nearly impossible. Even so for example the 25dollar coin 2.5 oz silver coin on the 25th anniv. of the SCWC was the result of a deal made between Krause Publications and the Pobjoy Mint. Some one in Liberia got a percentage of the proceeds and that was the only claim to legitimacy.

 

5 dollars 1997, copper-nickel, weight - 21,3 g., size - 38,4 mm, mintage unknown. The single release only.

 

The "Tiger" piece is a nice design, but as FredJB wrote, during the civil war (until about ten years ago) lots of "coins" were issued based on deals that some distributor had with, well, somebody. About the same applies to many modern coins "from" Somalia ...

Christian

 

"The same" as Christian says, applies to many countries' NCLT issues. Even Canada has put legal tender limits and restrictions on their high denomination coins. Bottom line is if you are not in love with the design it is only worth bullion value.

 

I have a gold "Mt Rushmore" Liberian coin. Very small and kinda interesting, but I won't be collecting them.



Rob

 

We cannot really draw a strict dividing line when it comes to pieces aimed at collectors. But I try and avoid "coins" that are virtually unknown in the issuing country. Also, when coins cease to become legal tender at some point, that is normal in most countries of the world - but pieces that come with a built-in deadline, nah.

Christian

 

I think their coinage of the 20th century is fine, I mean the actual stuff that circulated. As for the nclt stuff, I like a few only. I own one of the Morgan dollar rip offs. I like it because it's the only proof Morgan (or close to it) I'll ever be able to own