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1 Dollar Hermann Lang
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A central colored disc depicts a portrait of German racing driver Hermann Lang wearing a white racing helmet with goggles pushed up, superimposed over a period racing car rendered in color below. The legend HERMANN LANG 1909 - 1987 arcs along the upper portion of the colored field, with the inscription GRAND PRIX EUROPA NÜRBURGRING 1954 2. PLATZ arranged in four lines to the left. The central disc is surrounded by a decorative chequered border pattern in the coin's outer ring, evoking the finish-line flag motif. |
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Hermann Lang won the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup — America's most prestigious early automobile race — driving a Mercedes at an average speed of 61.4 mph over 278 miles of Long Island public roads. He was, notably, a chauffeur by profession, not a factory driver. Liberia's early 2000s commemorative dollar program swept up dozens of motorsport figures largely as a revenue exercise aimed at collectors rather than circulation, and Lang's inclusion reflects that breadth rather than any particular Liberian connection.