1 Cent Pattern

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.