Liberia has issued commemorative coinage under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, with most pieces designed and struck in Europe — typically Germany — for direct sale to collectors rather than any domestic circulation. This 2004 issue marks the bicentennial of events surrounding the 1812 Russian campaign, in which Napoleon's Grande Armée entered Moscow in September only to find it largely abandoned and burning, then retreated catastrophically through early winter with losses estimated above 400,000 men. Kutuzov's strategy was largely one of deliberate avoidance rather than decisive battlefield confrontation.
Liberia has issued commemorative coinage under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, with most pieces designed and struck in Europe — typically Germany — for direct sale to collectors rather than any domestic circulation. This 2004 issue marks the bicentennial of events surrounding the 1812 Russian campaign, in which Napoleon's Grande Armée entered Moscow in September only to find it largely abandoned and burning, then retreated catastrophically through early winter with losses estimated above 400,000 men. Kutuzov's strategy was largely one of deliberate avoidance rather than decisive battlefield confrontation.