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5 Dollars Endangered Elephant
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A detailed naturalistic depiction of an adult African elephant striding to the left dominates the central field, accompanied by a juvenile calf walking alongside; acacia trees and tufts of savanna grass populate the background, evoking an African wildlife setting. The legend ENDANGERED ELEPHANT arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised lettering, while the denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Liberia's late-1990s and early-2000s silver program was, bluntly, a collector trap — the Central Bank licensed its name to foreign private minting operations that flooded the market with themed issues bearing little connection to Liberian monetary history. This piece is one of hundreds produced under that arrangement, pressed into service as bullion-adjacent novelty rather than circulating currency.
The .9999 fineness is atypical for a coin of this weight class and era, where .999 was the commercial standard — likely a marketing specification imposed by the distributor rather than a Central Bank decision.