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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Me 262
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, a pearl drop earring, and a pearl necklace, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right, and the date 2003 appears in the lower exergue. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 2003 |
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Part of a broader commemorative program honoring WWII aircraft, this issue marks the Me 262 — the world's first operational jet-powered fighter, deployed by the Luftwaffe from mid-1944. Allied bombing of fuel supplies and trained pilot shortages crippled its operational effectiveness far more than any aerial countermeasure; it was never produced in numbers sufficient to alter the air war's outcome.