Coins with Planes.

As a response to the section 'Coins with Snakes',I thought I had better post a section on coins depicting aeroplanes on them.I can think of 1 - the Singaporean 1981 $5 coin commemorating Changi Airport.

Can anyone else think of any coins with planes on them?

Aidan.

 

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Taurus876,that is a very nice design depicting the Wright Brothers' plane.

Aidan.

 

....Which one

 

The 1991 Korean War commemorative silver dollar has jet aircraft, and the 1991-1995 World War II half dollar commemorative half dollar has an airplane on the obverse and reverse. The 1992 Columbus commemorative silver dollar has half a space shuttle on it, if that counts.

 

Japan issued ¥500 coins to commemorate the opening of the Kansai International Airport near Osaka in 1994, and the Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya in 2005. Each has a jumbo jet in its design.

 

The Isle of Man has a set of Crowns with WWII aircraft on them.

http://store.tailwinds.com/airplanecoins.html

 

Canada has a 10 coin $20 set of airplane coins. It's a commemorative set just like the Isle of Man set.

Just an eBay link though:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canadian-Aviati...oryZ3380QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I forgot to mention that the Hutt River Province Principality did issue coins with planes on them.They are part of the 1991 Desert Storm commemorative issue.There is a $5 one with a stealth bomber on it.

Aidan.

 

Check out the 5,10 & 50 dollars issues from Marshall Islands. The country has collector coins with almost every famous aircrafts on it: Panavia Tornados, Fighting Falcon, Tomcat,Super Sabre, Messerschmitt, Hurricane, Spitfire, Zeros, Hellcat, P-51, Corsair, Mirage,etc... and tons of other bomber aircrafts and some space shuttles. I like KM#490, depicting a Hellcat taking off from USS Enterprise.

From Liberia, there's a 20 dollars 2000 proof issue featuring the Concorde airliner. And from my country Malaysia, there's a 1 ringgit issue from 2003 commemorating the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition, featuring a MiG-29 Fulcrum... the only coin featuring a Fulcrum that I can think of.

 

Sterling,it is very unusual for a British Commonwealth country to depict a plane used by the Warsaw Pact countries (the Commie rival to N.A.T.O. that was disbanded in 1991).If you do have an example of that 1 Ringgit coin,can you please post some photos?

Aidan.

 

For my sins, I have a complete boxed set (24 of) of the $50 silver proof coins from the Marshall Islands depicting various aeroplanes from WWII.

They are pretty neat but I have to say that buying that set was not exactly my shrewdest purchase. Oh to be able to get the $50 face value of each coin back as opposed to the current $15 -$20 silver + slight collector interest value. Never mind, i'm hoping that one day silver might go above $25 an ounce so that I can consider cutting my losses. Until then, they remain an object lesson to me.

Ian

 

I want to add a well known circulation commemorative 50 pence of the UK. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of D-Day.

 

Bart,I have got one of those British 50 Pence coins.I had forgotten to mention that.

Ian,from next year,the Marshall Islands coins will be getting listed in Krause's 'Unusual World Coins' catalogue,which is why you won't find them listed in this year's Krause (black cover with a Sri Lankan 500 Rupees & a Southern Rhodesian 2/- depicted on it).The Marshall Islands even had a $5 coin with a space shuttle on it.It came out around 1991.

Aidan.

 

Here's the 1 ringgit coin Aidan.

Many years back Malaysia purchased a number of MiG-29 fighters from Russia, in a deal that includes partial barter payment in Malaysian-produced goods. Not only Malaysia... India as a Commonwealth country also has a number of Fulcrums in the Air Force.

 

I just bought one of the Canada $20 aviation series on eBay for $25 (including shipping) -- The one I got is from 1992 depicting the Curtiss JN4 Jenny

 

Ukraine has whole series of coins commemorating great Antonov aircrafts, AN-2, AN-124, AN-225(largest aircraft in world). These coins 5 Hryvnia denomination and can be purchased at banks.

 

Iraq 1 Dinar Depicting Saddam Hussein Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Iraqi Air Force depict 2 planes.

 

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