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50 Dollars F14 Tomcat
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars (50 USD) |
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| Reverse description | A Grumman F-14 Tomcat carrier-based jet fighter is depicted in dynamic three-quarter view, banking in low-level flight above a textured terrain rendered in the lower field. The aircraft is shown with wings in swept configuration, rendered in fine detail with cockpit, fuselage, and engine nacelles clearly delineated. The legend F-14 TOMCAT arcs along the upper portion of the field in bold capital letters. The denomination 50 DOLLARS appears in two lines at the lower right of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | F-14 TOMCAT 50 DOLLARS |
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The Marshall Islands' commemorative program of the 1990s targeted American military collectors with aggressive specificity, and the F-14 Tomcat issue arrived while the aircraft was still active fleet service with the U.S. Navy. Grumman's variable-sweep wing fighter had by then survived multiple attempts at early retirement, with Congress repeatedly intervening to keep the type flying against Navy preference for the cheaper F/A-18.
The Tomcat would finally be retired in 2006, partly to prevent Iran — which had purchased F-14s under the Shah — from accessing U.S. spare parts procurement channels.