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10 Dollars Space Shuttle - Atlantis
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Diameter | 34.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Republic of the Marshall Islands occupy the central field, depicting a frigate bird with outstretched wings above a traditional Marshallese canoe sailing on stylized waves, flanked by a sun with radiating rays at upper center and other indigenous motifs including a coconut palm and a fish trap. Two crossed traditional navigational sticks appear in the lower field beneath the central devices. The word SEAL appears in a cartouche at the base of the arms. The circumferential legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs above, with the denomination $10 at the left and the date 1996 at the right, all enclosed within a decorative chain border. The Marshallese national motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN curves along the lower rim inside the chain. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Marshall Islands exploited a 1984 law granting itself coinage authority to flood the collector market throughout the late 1980s and 1990s with brass and cupro-nickel commemoratives targeting thematic collectors rather than circulators. This Atlantis piece appeared the same year the shuttle completed mission STS-79, the fourth docking with Mir and the first to exchange long-duration crew members. None of these issues saw meaningful circulation — the Marshall Islands used U.S. dollars in daily commerce, making the domestic utility of this denomination essentially zero from the moment of minting.