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5 Dollars Holy Year 2000 John Paul II
| Issuer | Liberia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Republic of Liberia depicted in the centre of the field, featuring a sailing ship on the sea, a palm tree, a rising sun, and a dove in flight above a shield, flanked by two doves serving as supporters and surmounted by a scroll bearing the motto THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE. The date 2000 is divided on either side of the arms in the lower field. The legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA curves along the upper periphery, with a second inscription REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA repeated along the lower periphery. The design is framed by a beaded inner border and a reeded outer rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Liberia's coinage from this period was almost entirely export product — struck not for domestic circulation but for the international commemorative market, typically by European mints contracting on behalf of the Liberian government. The Holy Year 2000 was a prolific subject across dozens of issuing authorities worldwide, and Liberia contributed multiple pieces to that flood.
John Paul II had declared the 2000 Jubilee the Great Jubilee, the most significant in the Church's modern calendar, drawing an estimated 25 million pilgrims to Rome that year.