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10 Dollars James Dean
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the official seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands rendered in high relief at the center of the field. The seal depicts a frigate bird with outstretched wings above a traditional Marshallese sailing canoe on the ocean, with coconut palms and a rising sun in the upper field; the word SEAL appears on a banner below the central device. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination $10 to the left and the date 1996 to the right. The Marshallese national motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN arcs along the lower periphery. The entire design is enclosed by a decorative chain border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely modelled bust portrait of American actor James Dean in three-quarter right-facing view, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The subject is depicted wearing a casual open-collared jacket, with characteristic swept-back hair rendered in precise detail. The legend JAMES DEAN arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised letters. The date 1996 appears in the lower left field, while the denomination TEN DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines to the lower right of the portrait. |
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The Marshall Islands began issuing brass commemorative dollars in the early 1990s under a licensing arrangement that allowed them to produce coins celebrating American pop culture figures with essentially no connection to the islands themselves. Dean died in September 1955 at the wheel of his Porsche 550 Spyder on a California highway, and the 41 years between that event and this coin's issue date tell you everything about the commemorative market that produced it.