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50 Dollars First Manned Lunar Vehicle
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The central field depicts the Seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, featuring a frigate bird with outstretched wings at centre, flanked by elements representing the nation's heritage including a sailing canoe, palm trees, a rising sun with radiating rays, and a fishing net. The seal is surrounded by a beaded border. The legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination $50 to the left and the date 1989 to the right. The Marshallese national motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN appears along the lower periphery within the beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued the same year NASA was commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Apollo 11, this Marshall Islands piece rode a wave of official and semi-official lunar anniversary issues that flooded the market in 1989. The Republic of the Marshall Islands, which gained sovereignty under a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1986, leaned heavily on American historical themes in its early commemorative program — a deliberate appeal to U.S. collector demographics rather than any particular national connection to the subject matter.