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50 Dollars Viking Longship
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the official seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands at center, featuring a frigatebird with outstretched wings above a traditional Marshallese sailing canoe on water, flanked by palm trees and tropical vegetation, with crossed navigational sticks and a radiant sun above. The design is enclosed within a decorative rope-and-chain border. The legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper field, the denomination $50 and date 1998 appear at left and right respectively, and the Marshallese national motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN is inscribed along the lower border, with the word SEAL appearing on a scroll at the base of the central device. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS $50 JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN 1998 SEAL |
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The Marshall Islands issued commemorative dollars with unusual frequency throughout the 1990s, operating a program aimed almost entirely at the collector market rather than domestic circulation. This piece honors the Norse longship — the clinker-built vessel that enabled Scandinavian expansion across the North Atlantic, reaching Iceland by roughly 874 AD and the North American coast five centuries before Columbus.
Worth noting: the RMI had no meaningful numismatic tradition of its own at this date, and pieces like this were produced under contract by foreign mints for direct sale to collectors. Virtually none entered circulation.