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5 Dollars USS New Jersey
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS $5 1998 SEAL JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed three-quarter bow view of the Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) underway at sea, rendered in high relief against a stippled field. The vessel is depicted with characteristic superstructure, masts, gun turrets, and rigging faithfully reproduced. The legend USS NEW JERSEY arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised letters. The denomination 5 DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines to the right field. |
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The USS New Jersey (BB-62) holds the distinction of being the most decorated battleship in U.S. Navy history, earning battle stars across four conflicts — World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Lebanon. The Marshall Islands operated an aggressive commemorative coin program throughout the 1990s, licensing American military and pop-culture subjects to generate government revenue, with most pieces struck by the British Royal Mint or its contractors and sold directly to collectors rather than circulated.
BB-62 was reactivated for the last time in 1982, decommissioned in 1991, and opened as a museum ship in Camden, New Jersey in 2001.