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50 Dollars WWII American B-24 Liberator
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands occupies the central field, depicting a frigate bird in flight above the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a traditional outrigger canoe and a palm tree, with a radiant sun above. A compass rose and a scroll inscribed SEAL appear in the lower portion of the seal. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS arcs along the upper rim, with the denomination $50 to the left and the date 1991 to the right. The Marshallese motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN curves along the lower border, separated from the central design by a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The B-24 Liberator was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft of the Second World War — over 18,000 airframes across multiple manufacturers, with Ford's Willow Run plant eventually rolling out one per hour. Despite that output, the type was consistently overshadowed in popular memory by the B-17, a rivalry that was partly institutional: Eighth Air Force crews in England flew mostly B-17s, while B-24 groups were scattered across less-publicized theaters in North Africa, the Pacific, and the China-Burma-India command.
The Marshall Islands issued dozens of these .999 silver commemoratives through the early 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little connection to the subjects depicted.