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5 Dollars Germany
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Liberia at centre, featuring a shield bearing a sailing ship at sea, a palm tree, and a rising sun, surmounted by a scroll and flanked by a dove and agricultural implements. The Liberian motto THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE curves around the upper interior of the design. The outer legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA runs along the upper periphery, with the date 2005 divided on either side of the arms. The denomination 5 DOLLARS appears at the lower rim, flanked by the inscriptions FINE NIOBIUM and .999/1.000 in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10TH ANNIVERSARY "EURO" 1995-2005 |
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Liberia's Central Bank issued a run of collector pieces in the mid-2000s themed around foreign nations, currencies, and landmarks — a revenue-generating strategy common among smaller states with limited domestic numismatic markets. This piece is squarely in that tradition: produced for the international collector trade rather than any Liberian monetary purpose, likely struck by a European contract mint.
The niobium core with localized gilding places it in a category of bimetallic novelties that gained traction in the early 2000s following the Austrian Mint's successful niobium euro series launched in 2003.