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50 Dollars Renfe Class 242
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, finely engraved depiction of the Spanish RENFE Class 242 steam locomotive is shown in right-facing profile, occupying the central and lower field of the coin. The locomotive is rendered with meticulous mechanical detail, including its large driving wheels, running gear, boiler, and tender. A billowing plume of steam and smoke rises dramatically from the smokebox, curving across the upper field. The legend FIFTY DOLLARS arcs boldly along the upper periphery, while RENFE CLASS 242 appears in the lower left field, and the date 1996 is inscribed along the bottom of the coin. The mint mark S appears in the lower right field. |
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The Marshall Islands issued dozens of commemorative dollars through the 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with domestic monetary needs — these coins were produced almost entirely for the collector export market, struck by foreign mints on contract. The RENFE Class 242 being honored here is a Spanish steam locomotive, a 4-8-4 type built for mainline express service on the Iberian broad-gauge network in the postwar decades.
The connection between a Pacific atoll nation and Spanish railway history is purely commercial.