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50 Dollars WWII Japanese Ki-61 Hien
| 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 central field features the official seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, depicting a traditional Marshallese stick chart navigational instrument flanked by palm trees to the left and a traditional outrigger sailing canoe to the right, with a radiant sun above. The denomination '$50' appears to the left and the date '1991' to the right within the inner circle. The upper legend reads 'REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS' and the lower legend carries the national motto 'JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN', with the word 'SEAL' inscribed on a tablet at the base of the design. The entire composition is bordered by an ornate chain motif forming the outer rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Ki-61 Hien was the only mass-produced Japanese fighter of World War II powered by a liquid-cooled inline engine — a licensed copy of the Daimler-Benz DB 601 — which gave it a profile American pilots initially misidentified as a Curtiss P-40 or even a Messerschmitt. The Marshall Islands began issuing commemorative silver dollars aggressively from 1990 onward, exploiting a 1984 constitutional provision allowing coin issuance as a revenue mechanism, with aviation themes proving particularly marketable to the collector market.
KM#99 is one of several in the RMI's WWII aircraft series that year.