1 Liberty Dollar Counterstamp on China 1 Yuan, 1914-21
Features
| Pretended issuer |
Anguilla
(British Overseas Territories)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Fantasy coins |
| Year | 1967 |
| Value | 1 Dollar |
| Currency | Provisional Government Counterstamped Coinage (1967) |
| Composition | Silver (.890) |
| Weight | 26.4 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled, Counterstamped |
| Issued | Never issued |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 276537 |
| References | X# 10.1, 10.2 Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Referendum on Anguilla's Secession
Series: Anguilla Liberty Dollar
Obverse
Counter stamped bust
Scripts: Chinese, Latin
Lettering:
ANGUILLA
LIBERTY DOLLAR
JULY
11
1967
Reverse
Script: Chinese
Lettering: Chinese symbols within wreath
Comments
The so-called Anguilla Liberty Dollar was initiated as a scam by Scott Newhall, then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Newhall, on his own, counter-stamped between 10 000 and 15 000 mixed coins (mostly silver) with the mark ANGUILLA LIBERTY DOLLAR and JULY 11 1967 before darkening the stamp with ink. Trying to sell his idea to the new provisional government, Newhall failed to have his coin recognized legally and later sold the coins to a coin dealer who kept going with the story to earn money. With the success of these so-called dollars in the coin collectors community, Anguilla later issued similar numismatic products in 1968, 1969 and 1970.
For more details, see: The Story of the “Anguilla Liberty Dollar”, By Jay Turner, PCGS, 9 April 2020.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1967 | X#10.1; Host Coin: KM#329, 1914 | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | X#10.2; Host Coin: KM#329.6, 1920-21 | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 54.88
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Actual silver weight: 0.755 oz
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