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5 Dollars Frederick The Great
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 5 DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | A full-color portrait of Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great, dominates the central field, rendered after a period painting depicting the monarch in a red-draped military costume with powdered wig. The colorized portrait is set against a painted battlefield scene with warm golden and amber tones. Surrounding the colorized insert, the milled border features relief-engraved details including stone masonry, cannon wheels, and fallen soldiers evoking a military tableau. The series legend THE GREATEST WARLORDS OF HISTORY arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 2011 appears at the right. A rectangular cartouche at the lower center of the portrait bears the inscription FREDERICK THE GREAT. |
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Frederick II of Prussia died in 1786, leaving behind a military reputation built on three Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War — conflicts that reshaped the map of central Europe. Liberia has issued commemorative pieces honoring an array of European monarchs entirely unconnected to its own history, a practice driven purely by collector market demand rather than any historical or diplomatic relationship.
Silver-plated copper issues of this type are vulnerable to edge and surface separation over time; storage conditions matter more than handling for long-term preservation.