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10 Dollars SAAB J35 Draken
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed relief depiction of the Swedish SAAB J35 Draken delta-wing fighter jet in dynamic low-angle flight, rendered in left-facing three-quarter perspective against a mountainous landscape background in the field. The aircraft's distinctive double-delta wing planform and sharp nose cone are clearly delineated. The legend SAAB J35 DRAKEN arcs along the upper portion of the coin, and the denomination 10 DOLLARS appears in two lines in the lower left field. |
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The Marshall Islands issued a prolific series of brass dollar coins throughout the 1990s targeting the collector market directly, with no intention of circulation. The J35 Draken entry in that series honors the Swedish interceptor that entered service with Flygvapnet in 1960 — the first genuinely supersonic aircraft designed entirely in Western Europe, and the first with a double-delta configuration that influenced fighter geometry for decades.
Sweden's insistence on armed neutrality during the Cold War drove the Draken's development entirely through domestic funding and engineering, with Saab prohibited from relying on NATO design-sharing arrangements.