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10 Dollars Heroes of the Korean War
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1986-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS · JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN · SEAL · 10 · 1997 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage in the late 1980s as a revenue mechanism, with pieces like this one sold directly to collectors rather than circulated. The Korean War series was part of a broader wave of Marshall Islands commemoratives targeting the American collector market in the 1990s, coinciding with the 1995 fiftieth anniversary commemorations of World War II and renewed public attention to the so-called "Forgotten War."
Korea saw roughly 36,000 American military deaths between 1950 and 1953.