FLYING SCOTSMAN Railway Express Train Silver Coin 5$ Liberia 2011

FLYING SCOTSMAN

Silver 999/1000 Coin From \"HISTORY OF RAILROADS\" Series

\"History of Railroads\" proof series is dominated by a splendid full-colour design portraying the world\'s most well known trains. This issue honors the fast Flying Scotsman express locomotives owned by the British Railway. Official legal tender of Liberia, each coin is an extremely exclusive limited edition.

The coin is dominated by a splendid full and vivid colour design portraying one of the British\'s most well known trains \"FLYING SCOTSMAN\" upon its broad. The coin’s obverse depicts the Liberian Republic emblem.

BACKGROUND AND HISTORY

Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has been running between London and Edinburgh, the capitals of England and Scotland respectively, since 1862. It is currently operated by East Coast.
The East Coast Main Line over which the Flying Scotsman runs was built in the 19th century by many small railway companies, but mergers and acquisitions led to only three companies controlling the route; the North British Railway, the North Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway. In 1860 the three companies established the East Coast Joint Stock for through services using common vehicles, and it is from this agreement that the Flying Scotsman came about.
In the late 1950s British Railways were committed to dieselisation, and began devising a replacement for the Gresley Pacifics on the East Coast Main Line. The result was the Class 55 \'Deltic\', and the Deltic-hauled Flying Scotsman became a centrepiece of British Railways advertising, as it had been for the value:5 DollarsMetal:Silver999/1000Weight (g):20Diameter (mm):38.61Quality:ProofMintage (pcs):1.924Certificate COA:YesBox:Yes

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