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5 Dollars Discovery of America; large type
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars 5 LRD = RSD 2.64 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE 2001 REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed scene commemorating the 1492 Discovery of America. In the left foreground, three armoured Spanish conquistadors stand on shore, the central figure holding aloft a tall standard bearing a pennant. To the right, two indigenous figures are shown seated, one offering a vessel, with treasure and offerings at their feet. In the upper right field, a large fully-rigged caravel is shown at sea. The legend DISCOVERY OF AMERICA • 1492 • curves along the upper periphery, while the denomination 5 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower right border. |
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Liberia's Central Bank issued a long run of commemorative copper-nickel five-dollar pieces through the 1990s and early 2000s, largely marketed to the international collector trade rather than intended for domestic circulation. The economy was still recovering from the First Liberian Civil War, which had effectively destroyed the country's financial infrastructure through the 1990s, and these issues were essentially a foreign-exchange mechanism dressed as coinage.
The "large type" designation distinguishes this from a smaller-format variant in the same series — a cataloger's note worth tracking when attributing KM numbers.