10 Dollars Brazil - Hyacinth Macaw

This piece belongs to a category of early-2000s wildlife-themed issues struck for Liberia by European contract mints — almost certainly Bavarian State Mint or a comparable facility — intended entirely for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation. Liberia issued hundreds of such pieces during this period, licensing foreign fauna and cultural subjects with little connection to the issuing nation. The Hyacinth Macaw is native to central South America, principally Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado regions, and was listed under CITES Appendix I by 1987 due to severe pressure from the illegal pet trade.