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5 Dollars Berlin Airlift - Unload
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse lettering | 50th ANNIVERSARY UNLOAD BERLIN AIRLIFT |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Liberia built a cottage industry throughout the 1990s issuing commemorative dollars tied to major 20th-century events — almost none of them connected to Liberian history. This piece marks the Berlin Airlift of 1948–49, during which Western Allied aircraft flew roughly 200,000 sorties into West Berlin over eleven months after Soviet forces blockaded all land and water routes into the city. The operation averaged one aircraft landing every 45 seconds at peak capacity.
KM#485 is one of several pieces in a multi-coin Airlift set, each depicting a different phase of the operation.