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10 Dollars Doolittle Raiders of Tokyo
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 21.0 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a dynamic commemorative composition depicting Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle in three-quarter portrait facing left at upper center, surrounded by sixteen B-25B Mitchell medium bombers in flight formation across the field. In the lower portion, the USS Hornet (CV-8) aircraft carrier is rendered in profile on the sea. The legend TO . THE . HEROES . OF . THE . RAID . ON . TOKYO runs around the periphery in four segments, with the denomination TEN DOLLARS inscribed in the lower field and the dual dates 1942 . 1992 in the exergue, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the raid. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942 was a one-way mission by design — the B-25 crews knew before takeoff that they lacked the fuel to return to the carrier Hornet after striking Tokyo. Sixteen aircraft bombed the Japanese mainland and then pressed on toward China, where most crews bailed out or crash-landed. The raid's material damage was negligible; its psychological impact on Japanese military planning, particularly the decision to overextend toward Midway, was not.
The Marshall Islands issued dozens of commemorative brass $10 pieces through the early 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little connection to U.S. legal tender. KM#85 is one of a long series targeting the American collector market.