Owner Comments:
Liberia - 1941 Cent - KM #11a - Mintage: 250,000
Minted by the Philadelphia mint for circulation in Liberia. These coins had been struck by the mint in Birmingham, England but during the war, the original Birmingham dies were sent to the Philadelphia mint for striking.
This design was struck in Half Cent, One Cent, and Two Cent denominations. The Half and Two Cent denominations must not have been received well because high grade samples of each are relatively easy to find. The one Cent coin however must have been quite popular because these are quite difficult to obtain.
I was very fortunate to find this one as a raw coin. I had hoped that this coin might grade MS65, but as of this revision, there are three graded by NGC at MS64 with only one finer at MS65, so this is about as good as it gets for now.
Date acquired: 2/9/2021 (raw coin)
Date graded: 7/8/2021 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 2/13/2024