5 Dollars Germany

The Northern Mariana Islands became a U.S. Commonwealth in 1978 following the 1975 covenant vote, but its coinage issues of this era were produced under license arrangements with private mints rather than the U.S. Mint, which has never recognized them as official federal currency. This particular piece is part of a broader series of small-denomination gold issues tied to foreign national themes — a commercial collector product rather than anything circulated or legally tendered on Saipan.

The Germany tie-in almost certainly references the islands' history as a German colonial possession from 1899 until Japan seized them in 1914 under the guise of World War I naval operations.