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| Issuer | Republic of Liberia |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1888 P - Proof |
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Liberia's 1888 coinage patterns were produced in London, likely by Heaton's Mint in Birmingham, as part of ongoing efforts to develop a functioning national coinage for a republic that had been largely dependent on foreign currency since its founding in 1847. Pattern issues from this period were submitted for government approval and most never advanced to circulation — surviving examples passed primarily between official hands and early collectors rather than any commercial channel.
KM#Pn17 is among a small cluster of 1888 pattern cents documented for this issuer, making population data extremely thin.