Puerto Rico Collection

There are so many varieties of the Puerto Rico Liberty Dollar that I decided they warrant their own page. The PR LD was championed by PR RCO Alfredo Pacheco, who unfortunately fell into legal troubles unrelated to Liberty Dollar and wound up with a lengthy prison sentence. Counting three varieties for most of the designs because of GI (general issue), HM (hallmarked) and SN (serial numbered) versions, there are a total of 24 different pieces. The seven base varieties that exist in GI, HM and SN for 21 pieces are;

2006 $10 (GI, HM, SN)

2006 $20 (GI, HM, SN)

2007 $20 LIBERTY (GI, HM, SN)

2007 $20 LIBERTAD (GI, HM, SN)

2008 $20 flag stamp (GI, HM, SN)

2008 $50 flag stamp (GI, HM, SN)

2009 $50 BORICUA (GI, HM, SN)

The three that exist as stand alone are;

PR1 2005 $10 HM

PR5 2006 $10 long hair (undocumented by Bernard but I have had one since 2006)

PR18 2008 $20 2/5 oz flag stamp (undocumented by Bernard but I know it exists)

Each piece is accompanied by the Liberty Dollar Coin Catalog number (LDCC) (from Bernard von NotHaus' book The Liberty Dollar from Concept to Crypto) and the Liberty Dollar Encyclopedia (LDE) number.

PR1 2005 $10 HM

LDCC 1051 LDE NA

This was the first effort by PR RCO Alfredo Pacheco to get a Liberty Dollar personalized for Puerto Rico. Bernard created the PR hallmark stamp and stamped it onto some of the 2005 $10 short hair lock pieces (#12 in the LDE). How many he did is unknown. The photo above was simulated by pasting the hallmark from LDE #13 onto a LDE #12.

PR2 2006 $10 GI (Short Hair)

LDCC 1069 LDE NA

In 2006 Alfredo had a reverse die made just for Puerto Rico. Both hallmarked and serial numberd pieces of this were stamped by Bernard. It is assumed that 50 were hallmarked and 100 were serial numbered as was done for all the SMI that were done the same year. The photo above (a 2006 general issue) was simulated by removing the hallmark and serial number from LDE #13.

PR3 2006 $10 HM

LDCC 1070 LDE NA

In 2006 Alfredo had a reverse die made just for Puerto Rico. Both hallmarked and serial numberd pieces of this were stamped by Bernard. This is the HM only piece. The photo above (a 2006 hallmarked) was simulated by removing the serial number from LDE #13.

PR4 2006 $10 SN

LDCC 1071 LDE 13

In 2006 Alfredo had a reverse die made just for Puerto Rico. This is a 2006 serial numbered piece. The photo above is LDE #13 That was used because it was the only photo I had of the piece and I forgot to edit out the hallmark and serial numer before posting it on the $20 base page.

PR5 2006 $10 Long Hair

LDCC NA LDE 13.5

This piece is undocumented in Bernard's book. I'm not sure why, because I told him about it when it was discovered in late 2013.

PR6 2006 $20 GI

LDCC 1147 LDE 16

This is the SMI version of the 2006 Puerto Rico $20, the general issue has no hallmark or serial number.

PR7 2006 $20 HM

LDCC 1148 LDE NA

This is the hallmarked version of the 2006 Puerto Rico $20. I did happen to have a couple of these to photo, although they were purchased from ebay and are not in very good shape.

PR8 2006 $20 SN

LDCC 1148 LDE NA

This is the serial numbered version of the 2006 Puerto Rico $20. This photo was simulated by pasting the serial number from PR4 onto PR6.

PR9 2007 $20 GI LIBERTY

LDCC 1249 LDE 44

This is the general issue version of the 2007 Puerto Rico $20 liberty (English version).

PR10 2007 $20 HM LIBERTY

LDCC 1250 LDE NA

This is the hallmarked version of the 2007 Puerto Rico $20 liberty (English version). This photo is simulated by pasting in the hallmark.

PR11 2007 $20 SN LIBERTY

LDCC 1251 LDE NA

This is the serial numbered version of the 2007 Puerto Rico $20 liberty (English version). This photo is simulated by pasting in the hallmark and serial number.

PR12 2007 $20 GI LIBERTAD

LDCC 1252 LDE 45

This is the general issue version of the 2007 Puerto Rico $20 libertad (Spanish version).

PR13 2007 $20 HM LIBERTAD

LDCC 1253 LDE NA

This is the hallmarked version of the 2007 Puerto Rico $20 libertad (Spanish version). This photo is simulated by pasting in the hallmark.

PR14 2007 $20 SN LIBERTAD

LDCC 1254 LDE NA

This is the serial numbered version of the 2007 Puerto Rico $20 libertad (Spanish version). This photo is simulated by pasting in the hallmark and serial number.

PR15 2008 $20 GI RCO

LDCC 1302 LDE 57.37

This is the general issue version of the 2008 'naked back' $20 one ounce stamped with the Puerto Rico RCO hallmark.

PR16 2008 $20 HM RCO

LDCC 1303 LDE NA

This is the hallmarked version of the 2008 'naked back' $20 one ounce stamped with the Puerto Rico RCO hallmark. This photo is simulated by pasting in the hallmark.

PR17 2008 $20 SN RCO

LDCC 1304 LDE NA

This is the serial numbered version of the 2008 'naked back' $20 one ounce stamped with the Puerto Rico RCO hallmark. This photo is simulated by pasting in the hallmark and serial number.

PR18 2008 $20 2/5 oz GI RCO

LDCC NA LDE NA

This is the general issue version of the 2008 'naked back' $20 2/5 ounce stamped with the Puerto Rico RCO hallmark. This piece is undocumented in Bernard's book, but I know that it exists. Hallmarked and serial numbered versions of this piece do not exist.