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75 Dollars Greg Louganis
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | WORLD'S GREATEST DIVER 75 DOLLARS GREG LOUGANIS |
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Greg Louganis won both the springboard and platform diving golds at the 1988 Seoul Olympics — but what defined those Games for him was the preliminary round incident in which he struck his head on the springboard during a reverse pike, required stitches, and returned within the hour to complete his dive and ultimately win. He had also been diagnosed with HIV earlier that year, a fact not publicly disclosed until 1995, which recast the entire episode in retrospect. The Marshall Islands was among the most prolific issuers of large-format commemorative silver in the late 1980s, targeting the collector market rather than circulation.