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| Uitgever | Northern Mariana Islands (United States) |
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| Jaar | 2005 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The coat of arms of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands occupies the central field, depicting a latte stone surmounted by a traditional Carolinian mwáár (flower garland) and a large star, flanked by a wreath and an eagle with spread wings. The design is rendered in high relief against a mirror-like proof field. A circular legend reading 'COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS' runs along the upper periphery, with the denomination '5 DOLLARS' inscribed in the lower exergue. The border is decorated with a ring of small stars. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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The Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth since 1978, has no independent monetary authority — these gold issues are licensed collectibles produced for the souvenir market, not instruments of local commerce. The "Vatican Euro" denomination is a fiction twice over: the islands use the U.S. dollar, and Vatican Euro coinage is itself a sovereign issue entirely unrelated to the CNMI.
The .9999 fineness and sub-1.25g weight place this squarely in the mini-gold genre that proliferated among Pacific island jurisdictions in the early 2000s, capitalizing on collector demand for low-cost gold with quasi-official framing.