Product Description
SCWPM.24a - TBB.#B304a
Date: 1999 (2000) - Grade: Unc.
CBL. signature: 2 - Prefix: DA
Description: Colour: Red, brown, and purple.
Front: 20th president, Samuel Kanyon Doe.
Back: Bank seal with crossed kissi money and front and back of 50-cent coin dated 1969; man trimming oil palm tree.
Solid security thread printed CBC.
Watermark: Coat of arms. - Printer: Unknown.
Size: 157 x 67 mm. - Material: Paper.
General information: 1999 Issues
On 29 March 2000, the Central Bank of Liberia introduced a new “unifed” currency, which was exchanged at par for “J. J.” notes and at a ratio of 1:2 for “Liberty” notes. The new banknotes each feature a portrait of a former president.
Curiously, the 50-dollar note depicts Samuel Doe, who staged a military coup détat on 12 April 1980, killing then president William Tolbert, Jr., who is depicted on the 100 dollar note.
Doe was himself tortured and killed in 1990 by forces fighting alongside Charles Taylor.
Source: The Banknotebook
