The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage in the late 1980s under authority granted by its Compact of Free Association with the United States, producing hundreds of collector-targeted issues through the 1990s. This Monroe piece appeared forty years after her death — close enough to an anniversary to justify the print run, loose enough that it tells you something about the issuer's priorities.
The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage in the late 1980s under authority granted by its Compact of Free Association with the United States, producing hundreds of collector-targeted issues through the 1990s. This Monroe piece appeared forty years after her death — close enough to an anniversary to justify the print run, loose enough that it tells you something about the issuer's priorities.