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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2003-2011 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Joseph J. Roberts, first President of Liberia, at centre against a fine guilloche underprint in orange and blue. The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Liberia appears to the left within an ornate guilloche oval, flanked by two signature lines for the Minister of Finance and the Executive Governor. The denomination numeral "TEN" is printed in large letterpress characters to the right, with the legend "THIS CENTRAL BANK NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR TEN LIBERIAN DOLLARS" above it. The header reads "REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA" and the foot inscription reads "TEN DOLLARS". |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA TEN DOLLARS CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA ESTABLISHED 1999 |
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The P#27 series spans an unusually long production window for a West African note of this denomination — eight years with minimal design revision, which reflects the Central Bank's limited printing budget during a period when Liberia was still stabilizing after two consecutive civil wars that had effectively destroyed the formal banking sector by the late 1990s. At the war's peak, the country briefly operated with multiple competing currencies printed by rival factions.
Circulation wear on surviving examples tends to be heavy; the Liberian economy remained heavily cash-dependent throughout this period, and notes passed through many hands before being retired.