5 Dollars Year of the Tiger

The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage aggressively in the 1990s through arrangements with private minting firms, producing dozens of themed issues annually for the collector market rather than domestic circulation. Most never saw the islands themselves.

The 1998 lunar issue falls in the Year of the Tiger — the 10th year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle — but carries no particular distinction within the Marshall Islands' prolific commemorative program of that decade.