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25 Dollars Greg Louganis
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars (25 USD) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely rendered figure of Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis in mid-dive, depicted in a tight pike position with exceptional anatomical detail against a mirror-polished field. The legend GREG LOUGANIS appears along the upper left periphery, and THE PERFECT 10 along the upper right, referencing his celebrated perfect scores at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The denomination 25 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower border, with a small engraver's mark visible at the base of the central figure. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Greg Louganis won both the springboard and platform diving gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics — a feat made extraordinary by what happened during preliminaries, when he struck his head on the board during a reverse 2½ pike and required stitches, then returned to complete the competition and win. The Marshall Islands issued a series of commemorative silver dollars tied to that year's Games, this being among them.
Louganis later disclosed he was HIV-positive at the time of the accident, a revelation that generated significant medical and ethical debate when it became public in 1995.