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50 Dollars First Woman in Space
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS $50 1989 JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN SEAL |
| Reverse description | The Vostok 6 spacecraft is depicted in high relief at the centre of the field, rendered in precise technical detail with its spherical re-entry capsule, instrument module, and multiple antenna arrays extending outward against a starred background. The curved limb of the Earth appears in the lower right portion of the field. The legend FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE arcs along the left and lower periphery in bold incuse lettering, while the year 1963 is inscribed vertically along the right. The denomination 50 FIFTY DOLLARS appears in the lower right field. |
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The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative coinage following the Compact of Free Association with the United States, which took effect in 1986 and granted the islands self-governance while allowing U.S. dollar circulation to continue. This piece honors Valentina Tereshkova, who flew aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963 — a mission the Soviet space program never repeated with a female cosmonaut for another nineteen years.
Tereshkova completed 48 orbits over nearly three days, logging more time in space on that single flight than all American astronauts combined to that point.