5 Dollars Airbus A380

Liberia's late-1990s and 2000s commemorative program was essentially a licensing operation — the government authorized a succession of European and Asian coin dealers to produce themed issues in its name, with no meaningful connection to Liberian monetary policy or circulation. The A380 series appeared before the aircraft had even completed its first commercial flight, which occurred in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines.

Produced as a novelty collectible rather than a spendable coin, these pieces moved through the philatelic and commemorative market almost entirely outside Africa.