10 Dollars Icarus and Daedalus

Liberia's early 2000s commemorative program was prolific to the point of notoriety — the country issued hundreds of collector-targeted silver pieces during this period, most with no domestic circulation whatsoever, produced almost entirely for the overseas novelty market. The program generated foreign exchange revenue but drew criticism from numismatic bodies for flooding the market with thematic pieces carrying little connection to Liberian history or culture.

The Greek myth of Daedalus and his son, who flew too close to the sun on wings of feathers and wax, has no particular Liberian resonance. This piece exists as a product decision, not a national one.