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50 Dollars Humpback Whale
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars (50 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic composition depicts two humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching and playing in open ocean waters, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail. A mountainous coastline forms the background, while ocean waves fill the lower field. The legend HUMPBACK WHALE arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 50 DOLLARS and the date 1993 inscribed along the lower border. |
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The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage in the late 1980s under a licensing arrangement that produced dozens of silver and clad issues annually — a revenue strategy adopted by several Pacific island nations with limited domestic economies. The humpback whale series timed its release alongside growing international attention to the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling, which had come into force in 1986.
KM#111 is one of several wildlife-themed dollars from this program struck by foreign contract mints rather than any Marshallese facility.