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5 Dollars Discoverer of Kiribati
| Issuer | Kiribati |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | TE MAURI TE RAOI AO TE TABOMOA KIRIBATI 1996 (Translation: Health, Peace and Prosperity) |
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Kiribati — the former British Gilbert Islands — gained independence in 1979, and its early commemorative program leaned heavily on Pacific exploration themes partly as a function of geography: the islands straddle both the equator and the International Date Line, making them a navigational curiosity that attracted European contact earlier than many Pacific groups. The 1996 "Discoverer" series sits within a broader wave of Pacific island collector coinage from that decade, most struck under contract at foreign mints and aimed squarely at the numismatic market rather than circulation.