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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3157716, member: 10461&quot;]Well, the 1833 token commemorated the resettlement of free African Americans to Liberia, but it had a monetary function.&nbsp; Note that it has the &quot;one penny&quot; denomination on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why is that considered a <i>token</i> when the 1847 Liberian cent I posted is considered a <i>coin</i>?&nbsp; Well, that&#039;s because Liberia gained independence in 1847.&nbsp; So my 1847 cent was the first official coin struck by the Liberian government. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1833 token was struck before independence by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society" rel="nofollow">American Colonization Society</a>, which I suppose counts as a private entity rather than a government. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hence the reason the 1833 piece is a token while the 1847 piece is a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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