See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

10 Dollars Apostle Thomas

Issuer Marshall Islands
Year 1997
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) KM#392
Obverse description The obverse features the official seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands rendered in high relief at center, depicting a traditional stick-chart navigation device in the lower field, a frigate bird with outstretched wings at center, a sun radiating above, and symbolic elements including a traditional outrigger sailboat and plant fronds in the background. The legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by a decorative chain border, with the denomination $10 to the left and the date 1997 to the right. The Marshallese national motto KE JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN appears along the lower arc, and the word SEAL appears on a tablet at the base of the central device.
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering Log in to see details
Reverse description The reverse presents a full-length classical figure of the Apostle Thomas, draped in flowing robes, standing facing slightly left with his right hand raised and holding a carpenter's square, his traditional iconographic attribute, while his left hand is lowered at his side. The figure is rendered in fine detail against a stippled field evoking a starry sky. The legend TEN DOLLARS and the date 1997 arc along the upper left periphery, while APOSTLE THOMAS arcs along the upper right, together framing the central devotional image.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Additional information Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE