need help with this five dollar coin please someone that collect us coins?
I been collecting us coin for about 7 years now. The coin is a john adams five dollar coin on the back it read republic of liberia with the eagle.
Liberia over the years has let private mints use it’s name for a fee of course so that they can promote and sell coins that are so-called legal tender. That way it can be called a coin not a medal. In the hobby they are called non circulating legal tender coins. They are supposed to be legal tender in Liberia, that may be iffy though. Your coin is dated 2000 and is KM# 665 and it is made out of copper/nickel, the diameter is 31.5 mm. It catalogs for $12 in mint state. It does however sell for less. It is part of a U.S. presidents series but has nothing to do with the U.S. mint or the United States except that a private mint here may have struck it and the selling party’s maybe Americans trying to get a fast profit. Hope this answers your question
May 23rd, 2010 at 10:53 am
This is not a US mint product. It was issued by the Republic of Liberia. Who apparently is mimicking the US one dollar program at least as to subject. By US standards it is a world (foreign) coin.
You might check ebay to see if the coin is trading there. Otherwise you need a world coins reference book, which I do not have.
Good luck.
References :
40 years as a numismatist.
May 23rd, 2010 at 11:26 am
Liberia over the years has let private mints use it’s name for a fee of course so that they can promote and sell coins that are so-called legal tender. That way it can be called a coin not a medal. In the hobby they are called non circulating legal tender coins. They are supposed to be legal tender in Liberia, that may be iffy though. Your coin is dated 2000 and is KM# 665 and it is made out of copper/nickel, the diameter is 31.5 mm. It catalogs for $12 in mint state. It does however sell for less. It is part of a U.S. presidents series but has nothing to do with the U.S. mint or the United States except that a private mint here may have struck it and the selling party’s maybe Americans trying to get a fast profit. Hope this answers your question
References :
49 years a numismatist, Krause/Mishler Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 on DVD.