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5 Dollars Speed skating
| Issuer | Government of Liberia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the full coat of arms of the Republic of Liberia at centre, featuring a sailing ship on the sea, a palm tree, a plough, and a rising sun within a shield, flanked by two doves and surmounted by a scroll bearing the national motto 'THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE'. The legend 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA' arcs along the upper periphery, with the date '2006' divided across the lower field on either side of the arms. The inscriptions 'FINE NIOBIUM', 'REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA', '5 DOLLARS', and '.999/1,000' appear in the lower portion of the field. The entire design is struck in fine niobium with a milled border of fine denticles. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Liberia has no speed skating tradition, no winter sports infrastructure, and no Olympic history in the discipline. This coin exists entirely as a numismatic export product — Liberia licensed its sovereign authority to mint commemoratives aggressively through the 2000s, producing dozens of themed issues aimed squarely at topical collectors in Europe and North America. The niobium composition is the actual draw here, a technology pioneered by the Austrian Mint and adopted by a handful of other issuers for its capacity to produce vivid interference colors through anodization.