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5 Dollars Princess Diana - Compassion
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national coat of arms of the Republic of Liberia, depicting a three-masted sailing ship on the sea with a palm tree and rising sun on the shore, a plough and a shovel in the lower portion, and a flying dove above; a scroll across the shield bears the motto THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE. The legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs along the upper rim, with the denomination 5 DOLLARS at the base and the date 1997 flanking the shield to either side. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE 1997 5 DOLLARS |
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Liberia's late-1990s commemorative program was frankly a commercial operation aimed squarely at the collector market, with dozens of foreign-subject issues produced under license and sold through international distributors rather than circulated domestically. This piece appeared almost immediately after Diana's death in August 1997, part of a global flood of memorial issues from small issuing authorities with no historic connection to the subject.
KM#466 is one of several Diana types in Liberia's catalog from that year alone.