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5 Dollars Battle Of Midway
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic eagle with wings displayed stands facing, clutching a striped shield bearing a single star in its right talon and a bundle of arrows in its left. The eagle's head is turned to the right with beak open. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 'FIVE DOLLARS' appears in raised lettering along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA FIVE DOLLARS |
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Liberia's commemorative program of the late 1990s and early 2000s was prolific to the point of saturation — the country licensed its minting authority extensively to produce coins with no domestic circulation intent whatsoever, sold directly to the collector market through overseas distributors. The Battle of Midway, fought June 4–7, 1942, was a genuine turning point in the Pacific War; the U.S. Navy's destruction of four Japanese fleet carriers — Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu — in a single engagement broke Japanese naval air power permanently.
Liberia had no connection to that battle. The issuing authority here is essentially nominal.