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1 Million Dollars Operation Iraqi Freedom
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a fighter jet in flight above clouds; circular U.S. seal at left; Operation Iraqi Freedom seal with yellow ribbon at right dated 2003. Names of George W. Bush as Commander in Chief and Colin Powell as Secretary of State appear below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Aircraft carrier vignette at left; a bomber aircraft over a map of Iraq occupies the centre; a soldier taking cover behind rocks appears at right. Denomination and patriotic inscriptions form the border legend. |
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This is not legal tender and never was. The "1 Million Dollar" denomination was a propaganda leaflet produced by the U.S. military during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, designed to resemble currency closely enough to attract attention when dropped from aircraft over Iraqi positions. The psychological operations goal was to encourage Iraqi soldiers to surrender or defect, with the reverse typically carrying surrender instructions or messaging in Arabic.
Collected heavily as wartime ephemera, these circulated widely among U.S. troops as souvenirs before most made it home in kit bags.