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10 Dollars Killer Whale
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars (10 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Three killer whales (Orcinus orca) are depicted in a naturalistic marine scene: one breaches dramatically at upper left with open jaws and water cascading from its body, a second swims horizontally across the middle ground, and a third is shown fully submerged in the lower field. A rocky coastline with a colony of penguins is rendered in relief on the right side of the field. The legend KILLER WHALE arcs along the upper periphery, the denomination 10 DOLLARS appears at the lower left, and the date 1993 is inscribed along the lower border. |
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The Marshall Islands began issuing collector-oriented coinage in the late 1980s following the Compact of Free Association with the United States, which granted the republic self-governance in 1986 while leaving defense responsibilities with Washington. With no domestic mint and a US dollar-pegged economy, these issues were produced purely for the numismatic market — they saw no meaningful circulation.
KM#138 is one of dozens of brass commemoratives the RMI authorized through third-party minting arrangements during the early 1990s, a period when the islands were generating revenue through aggressive licensing of their issuing authority.