The "Team Ghana" issue belongs to a sprawling series produced by the Central Bank of Liberia in the early 2000s — a period when Liberia itself had virtually no functioning domestic economy, making these coins instruments of foreign revenue rather than national currency. The series was contract-minted for the international collector market around the 2004 Athens Olympics, with individual African national football squads as the nominal subject.
At 1.24 grams of 14-karat gold, each piece contains just under a quarter gram of fine gold — enough to satisfy "gold coin" marketing, not enough to carry meaningful bullion value.
The "Team Ghana" issue belongs to a sprawling series produced by the Central Bank of Liberia in the early 2000s — a period when Liberia itself had virtually no functioning domestic economy, making these coins instruments of foreign revenue rather than national currency. The series was contract-minted for the international collector market around the 2004 Athens Olympics, with individual African national football squads as the nominal subject.
At 1.24 grams of 14-karat gold, each piece contains just under a quarter gram of fine gold — enough to satisfy "gold coin" marketing, not enough to carry meaningful bullion value.