10 Dollars Michael Schumacher

Liberia's late-1980s and 1990s commemorative program was essentially a licensing operation — the government contracted with foreign minting houses to produce collector coins bearing celebrity names and images, with limited connection to Liberian monetary history. This Schumacher piece was issued in 1992, the year he took his first Formula One victory for Benetton at Spa-Francorchamps, before his championship years at Ferrari had begun.

Struck to one-troy-ounce fine silver, these were sold primarily through European coin dealers and teleshops. Mintages were rarely controlled tightly, and secondary market premiums have remained modest.