20 Dollars Mission Apollo XVI

Apollo 16 landed in the Descartes Highlands in April 1972 — the only lunar mission to target the highlands specifically, based on the (ultimately incorrect) hypothesis that the region would yield volcanic rock samples. John Young and Charles Duke instead found impact breccias, overturning prevailing theories about lunar geology. The mission returned 95.8 kg of samples, the second-largest haul of any Apollo flight.

Liberia issued numerous commemorative silver pieces around 2000 under licensing arrangements that had little connection to the events depicted.