Liberia 5 Dollars Silver Coin 2011 History of Railroads, PKP Fablok OL 49 Poland
The Liberian Coat of Arms occupies the obverse of the silver coin. It features a coastal landscape with a ship arriving in Liberia bringing the freed slaves from America. The national motto of Liberia ‘The love of liberty brought us here’ appears on a scroll above the shield. There are also the following legends: the face value of the coin, its issuing country and year.
The reverse features a vivid colored image of a Polish PKP Fablok OL 49 steam locomotive. These passenger steam trains were designed in 1949 and used in Poland by Polish State Railways, or PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe). Between 1951 and 1954, a total of 116 locomotives were manufactured by Fablok company, 112 for PKP and four for export to North Korea. The names of the coin and series are indicated along the rim of the coin. Issued with the limited mintage, each coin of the series reflects a chapter of world history and will be of particular interest to those collecting history-themed coins from around the world.
In the series "History of Railroads" were issued these coins:
Flying Scotsman, Trans-Siberian Railway, Adler, Sharp Stewart, Royal Hudson, Bernina Express, Blue Train, Mallard, Flam Line, MAV-220, Shinkansen 500, Union Pacific Big Boy, Trans Europ Express, Durango & Silverton, Austrian State Railroad, China Railways, TGV Réseau, Indian Pacific, PKP Fablok OL 49 Poland.