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50 Dollars First Probe of Venus
| Issuer | Government of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed high-relief depiction of the Venera space probe in flight against a star-studded field, with the curved surface of Venus rendered in the lower portion of the coin. The spacecraft is shown with its solar panels and antenna arrays clearly delineated in fine relief. The curved legend FIRST PROBE OF VENUS - 1967 arcs along the upper border. The denomination 50 FIFTY DOLLARS appears in the right field in stylized lettering. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Soviet Venera 1 probe, launched in February 1961, was the first spacecraft aimed at Venus — it failed when contact was lost seven days into the flight. The first successful Venus flyby came with Mariner 2 in December 1962, a NASA mission. The Marshall Islands issued a long series of commemorative dollars throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s celebrating space milestones, this piece among them.
Venera 7, in 1970, was the first probe to successfully transmit data from the Venusian surface — surviving just 23 minutes in temperatures exceeding 460°C.