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5 Dollars Germany
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the coat of arms of Liberia, featuring a shield depicting a sailing ship approaching shore, a palm tree, and a rising sun, surmounted by a dove in flight and flanked by crossed implements. The date '2005' flanks the arms at mid-field, with the inner legend 'THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE' encircling the arms. The outer legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '5 DOLLARS' appears in the lower field, accompanied by the inscriptions 'FINE NIOBIUM' and '.999/1.000' flanking the denomination. |
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| Mintage | 2005 - Proof - 10,000 |
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Liberia's early 2000s commemorative program produced a sprawling and often undignified catalog of collector-market pieces with no connection to Liberian history, economy, or culture. This German-themed niobium issue is squarely in that tradition — commissioned for foreign sale, never intended for domestic circulation, and produced at a time when Liberia's actual currency infrastructure had nearly collapsed following years of civil war.
The niobium core with selective gilding was a technique gaining traction among European mints in this period, most notably Austria's bimetallic niobium series begun in 2003.