5 Dollars Princess Diana - William's Christening

Issued the same year Diana died in the Paris tunnel crash, this Liberian commemorative was part of a flood of foreign-issued memorial pieces that hit the market in late 1997 and early 1998. Liberia had no connection to Diana or the British royal family — the coin exists entirely because foreign mints and licensing agents recognized an immediate commercial opportunity in the global outpouring of grief. Copper-nickel issues of this type were struck in very large quantities and distributed primarily through television shopping channels and mail-order catalogs, almost never entering circulation.