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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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| Engraver(s) | Don Everhart |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1991 $50 JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN (Translation: Accomplishment Through Joint Effort) |
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| Reverse lettering | B-25 MITCHELL 50 FIFTY DOLLARS |
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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.