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50 Dollars WWII American B-25 Mitchell
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The national seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands occupies the central field, enclosed within a decorative chain border. The seal depicts a traditional Marshallese stick chart navigation device at center, surrounded by a radiant sun above, a sailing canoe to the right, and a Christian church to the left, all set against an island seascape. A ribbon scroll at the base of the seal bears the word SEAL. The denomination '$50' appears to the left of the seal and the date '1991' to the right, both within the border. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS' arcs above, while the national motto 'JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN' arcs along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief depiction of a North American B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber in flight dominates the reverse field, shown in a three-quarter perspective from the port side with its twin tail assembly, radial engines, and US Army Air Forces insignia clearly rendered. Additional aircraft are visible in the background sky, evoking a wartime formation mission over a landscape below. The legend 'B-25 MITCHELL' arcs along the upper field. The denomination '50 FIFTY DOLLARS' is inscribed in the lower field in a stylized numeral and word format. |
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The Marshall Islands had no established numismatic tradition of its own — the commemorative program launched after independence in 1986 was essentially a revenue instrument, licensing designs to foreign minting houses and selling directly to collectors. This B-25 Mitchell issue appeared alongside dozens of similar subjects in the early 1990s, part of a sustained WWII aviation series that the republic's government contracted out aggressively during that period.
The B-25 itself earned its most famous moment in April 1942, when sixteen of them launched from USS Hornet under Lt. Col. James Doolittle for the first air raid on Tokyo — a mission that required stripping the aircraft down and modifying the bomb bay to extend range far beyond normal operating parameters.