5 Dollars 1957 Chevy Corvette

The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage in the late 1980s under a licensing arrangement that turned the young nation's minting authority into a vehicle for the global collector market. The 1957 Corvette was a natural subject — that model year introduced the fuel-injected 283 cubic inch V8, the first American production engine to achieve one horsepower per cubic inch of displacement.