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1 Dollar Nipoon Maru
| Issuer | Gilbert Islands |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a detailed depiction of the full-rigged sailing ship Nipoon Maru under full sail, shown in broadside view with all masts and square sails set. The vessel is rendered with fine detail including rigging, yards, and hull structure, sailing on a stylized sea indicated by a decorative wave border at the waterline. The legend NIPOON MARU arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. The denomination ONE DOLLAR appears in two lines within a rectangular cartouche at the lower field, flanked by decorative triangular ornaments. |
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The Nippon Maru was a Japanese sailing training ship that has operated under that name in two distinct generations — the original 1930 four-masted barque and the current 1984 vessel still in service with Japan's Maritime Human Resources Institute. Gilbert Islands issues of this type are produced under Kiribati's licensing arrangements with private minting houses, targeting the collector market rather than circulation.