Liberia 5 Dollars Silver Coin 2011 History of Railroads, Trans Europ Express
This beautiful series of $5 silver coins of Liberia is dedicated to significant milestones in the history of railroads. They feature the world’s most renowned trains in full-color stunning design. The Trans-Euro-Express coin is struck in .999 pure silver in proof quality.
The Liberian Coat of Arms occupies the obverse of the silver coin. It features a coastal landscape with a ship arriving in Liberia and 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 first class locomotive of the Trans Europ Express railway. Comprising about forty-five trains, the TEE represented a new kind of international service connecting 130 stations in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and West Germany.
The idea of The Trans-Europ-Express (TEE) was for a network of fast and comfortable international trains that would be attractive for businessmen and other regular travelers. At the beginning, in 1957, the railways of West Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands joined the network. All trains were first-class-only and all were expresses, stopping only at the main cities. The idea was to allow a business traveler to make a trip within a single day and also have time for business activity. The system was completely diesel network because at that time the different countries had different kind of electrical specifications.
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.