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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Focke Wulf Fw-190 - diesel
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#439.1 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-engine fighter aircraft rendered in three-quarter perspective, parked on a tarmac runway with a billowing cumulus cloud in the upper field behind it. The curved legend MAN IN FLIGHT arcs across the upper periphery above the aircraft, with FOCKE-WULF Fw190 inscribed below it. The inscription BMW 1st DIESEL AERO ENGINE is positioned beneath the aircraft, and the denomination 1 CROWN appears along the lower rim. |
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 entered Luftwaffe service in 1941 and immediately outclassed the Spitfire Mk V it encountered over the Channel, prompting an emergency RAF development program that produced the Mk IX. Kurt Tank's design was unusual for a single-seat fighter in its use of a radial engine — the BMW 801 — at a time when inline liquid-cooled engines dominated European fighter development. The "diesel" designation in this Isle of Man series distinguishes the copper-nickel circulation strike from the precious metal variants issued concurrently under the same KM type umbrella.