Catalog
5 Dollars - World Food Programme - F.A.O.
| Issuer | Northern Mariana Islands |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the coat of arms of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, featuring a spread eagle with a latte stone and star above, encircled by a wreath of leaves. The circumferential legend reads COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, and the denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower exergue. The design is rendered in high relief against a polished field, with a beaded inner border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth since 1978, has no independent monetary authority and issues no circulating coinage — making any coin bearing its name a licensed commemorative produced entirely for the collector market. This 2004 piece is part of a broad FAO-branded series sold across dozens of nominal issuers simultaneously, a fundraising mechanism the World Food Programme has used since the 1990s to generate awareness revenue through numismatic channels.
At 1.24 grams of .999 gold, the specification matches the standard fractional size used across this entire run of WFP issues.