Marshall Islands Coins

Obverse of 1996 Marshall Islands Silver Proof 50 Dollars

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DB Class 01 Locomotive on Reverse of 1996 Marshall Islands Silver Proof 50 Dollars

Columbia on Reverse of 1996 Marshall Islands Silver Proof 50 Dollars

Brief Historical Notes
According to the CIA:

After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.

According to Wikipedia:

The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim.
Although they were settled by Micronesians in the 2nd millennium BC, little is known of the early history of the islands. Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshall Islands in 1526, but the islands remained virtually unvisited by Europeans for several more centuries, before the arrival of British Captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
A German trading company settled on the islands in 1885, and they became part of the protectorate of German New Guinea some years later. Japan conquered the islands in World War I, and administered them as a League of Nations mandate.
In World War II, the United States occupied the islands (1944), and they were added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (including several more island groups in the South Sea). Between 1946 and 1958 the United States tested 66 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands,[1] including the largest nuclear test the United States ever conducted, Castle Bravo. Nuclear claims between the United States and the Marshall Islands are ongoing, and health effects still linger from these tests. (see Rongelap)
In 1979 the Government of the Marshall Islands was officially established and the country became self-governing. In 1986 the Compact of Free Association with the United States entered into force, granting the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) its sovereignty. The Compact provided for aid and U.S. defense of the islands in exchange for continued U.S. military use of the missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll. The independence was formally completed under international law in 1990, when the UN officially ended the Trusteeship status.
On March 21, 2007, the government of the Marshall Islands declared a state of emergency after water ran out amid a prolonged drought.

Marshall Islands Coins
We usually have in stock at least a few Marshall Islands coins.

Specifications

Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Fineness	Silver Content
50 Dollars	38.70	31.1	.999	0.9989
20 Dollars	29.00	15.5	.999	0.5000
10 Dollars			Base

Notes
Denomination = Face Value of Coin
Diameter = Diameter in millimetres
Fineness = Proportion of silver
Weight = Total weight in grams
Silver Content = Actual fine silver content in troy ounces.

Marshall Islands Coins For Sale

Date	Denomination	Description	Mintage	Grade
1990	50 Dollars	Battle of Britain	50,000	Silver Proof, about FDC
1991	50 Dollars	Legendary Aircraft of World War II, Set of 24	25,000	Silver Proof, about FDC
1994	20 Dollars	World Cup Soccer		Silver Proof, about FDC
1995	50 Dollars	Peace - Victory in Europe		Uncirculated
1996	50 Dollars	Columbia Space Shuttle		Silver Proof, about FDC
1996	50 Dollars	Endeavour Space Shuttle		Silver Proof, about FDC
1996	50 Dollars	Discovery Space Shuttle		Silver Proof, about FDC
1996	50 Dollars	Challenger Space Shuttle		Silver Proof, about FDC
1996	50 Dollars	Various Locomotives - The Railway Heritage Coin Collection		Silver Proof, about FDC

Notes
Mintage = Quantity issued, where known, otherwise issue limit.

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