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10 Dollars Oppose Any Foe
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS $10 1995 JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN |
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| Mintage | 1995 |
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The "Oppose Any Foe" series was issued by the Marshall Islands Postal Service, which held authority over the republic's commemorative coinage program throughout the 1990s — an arrangement that generated hundreds of collector-targeted issues with virtually no circulation. This piece commemorates the 35th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, specifically the "bear any burden, oppose any foe" passage delivered January 20, 1961.
The Marshall Islands had particular historical resonance with Kennedy's Cold War rhetoric: the atoll chain hosted 67 U.S. nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958, and its inhabitants were still navigating compensation claims when this coin was struck.