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50 Dollars F105 Thunderchief
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the official Seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands centrally positioned within the field, depicting a traditional Marshallese stick chart flanked by a palm-lined islet to the left and a traditional outrigger sailing canoe to the right, with a radiant sun above. Two crossed traditional implements appear in the upper field. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper periphery, while the Marshallese national motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN is inscribed along the lower periphery. The denomination $50 appears at the lower left and the date 1995 at the lower right, with the entire design bordered by a decorative chain motif. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands used commemorative coinage extensively throughout the 1990s as a revenue-generating program rather than for domestic circulation, contracting production to foreign mints. The F-105 Thunderchief earned its place in this series through its role in the early years of the Vietnam War, where it flew the majority of strike missions over North Vietnam between 1965 and 1968 — suffering the highest aircraft losses of any U.S. type in that conflict.
More than half of all F-105s ever built were lost in combat or operational accidents over Southeast Asia.