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10 Dollars Assure The Success of Liberty
| Issuer | Government of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Composition | Copper-Nickel |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS $10 1995 SEAL KE JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a right-facing bust of President John F. Kennedy depicted in the act of taking the oath of office, his right hand raised in the swearing gesture. A podium or lectern in the lower field bears the inscribed quotation "ASSURE THE SUCCESS OF LIBERTY" attributed to JOHN F. KENNEDY. The denomination 10 DOLLARS is inscribed below the central design. The legend FREEDOM arcs along the upper border and LIBERTY arcs along the lower border, both in large spaced letters. |
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The Marshall Islands began issuing collector coinage in 1986, shortly after gaining independence under the Compact of Free Association with the United States — an arrangement that left the islands using US dollars for everyday commerce while creating space for a sovereign commemorative program. These issues were produced by the Pobjoy Mint and targeted almost exclusively at the international collector market; very few ever circulated on the islands themselves.
KM#283 belongs to a thematically loosely defined Liberty series from the mid-1990s, a period when the Marshall Islands mint program was at peak output and issuing dozens of commemorative types annually.