Liberia 1890-E 2 cents KM-Pn54
This specimen was lot 42463 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "LIBERIA. Copper 2 Cents Pattern, 1890-E. PCGS SPECIMEN-64 Red. Striking red color with stellar underlying luster. A first class offering." Liberia, a poverty-stricken country on the west coast of Africa, has an underdeveloped economy with little need for coinage. Nevertheless, there is an extensive array of patterns and salesmen's samples struck at various foreign mints which have become popular among collectors. The spate of patterns from the 1890's finally resulted in the award of a contract to the Heaton mint in England for copper and silver coinage struck starting in 1896.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Pn54.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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