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5 Dollars Cheetah
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the official seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands at centre, featuring a frigate bird above a traditional Marshallese stick chart, flanked by a radiant sun and a crescent moon in the upper field, with a traditional outrigger canoe to the right and palm-lined shore to the left. Two crossed traditional navigational sticks frame the central device, and the seal is enclosed within a decorative chain border. The legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper periphery, with the year 1996 at the right and the national motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN along the lower border. The word SEAL appears on a banner at the base of the central device. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Marshall Islands flooded the collector market throughout the 1990s with a relentless stream of commemorative copper-nickel issues, most produced under contract by foreign mints with no connection to domestic circulation. This cheetah piece is part of that wave — a wildlife-themed series aimed squarely at the novelty collector market rather than numismatists.
KM#345 sees little secondary market activity, and surviving examples are almost universally found in original packaging, unhandled.