Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Dollars Jefferson Davis
| Issuer | Liberia |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Liberia occupies the central field, depicting a sailing ship on the sea, a palm tree, a rising sun, a dove in flight, a plough, and a spade, all within a shield surmounted by a scroll bearing the national motto. The outer legend reads REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA along the upper periphery, with the motto THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE inscribed on a banner within the arms. A secondary cartouche at the base of the shield bears the legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, and the denomination 5 DOLLARS is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 5 DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederate States in February 1861, and Liberia's extended series of foreign-subject commemoratives has mined American Civil War iconography repeatedly since the 1990s. These issues are produced for the collector market exclusively — no meaningful circulation, no monetary function in Liberia itself — and are typically contracted through private minting intermediaries rather than issued through any genuine central bank initiative.
Silver-plated copper in this format tends to show wear at the highest points of relief within a few years of handling, which matters for resale grading.