The first coins featuring aircraft were issued by the Weimar Republic of Germany in 1930. The 3 Reichsmark and 5 Reichsmark coins featured the dirigible Graf Zeppelin and a total of 1,001,000 of the 3 Reichsmark coins were issued as well as 400,000 of the 5 Reichsmark coins. Since 1930, many countries have incorporated airplanes and other types of aircraft in their circulating and non-circulating legal tender coinage. At Black Mountain Coins we offer multiple examples of these airplane coins for your collecting enjoyment.
This note is listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money as Pick-21a.
This note is listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money as Pick-81.
Isle of Man – Man in Flight – Concorde – 1 Crown – 1994 – Prooflike – Descriptive Card
Liberia – Attack on Pearl Harbor – Japanese Zero – Five Dollars – 2000 – BU – KM-651
France – Roland Garros – 10 Francs – 1988 BU – Silver – Box & COA 26mm 12g Silver. Mintage of 10,000. 100 Year Anniversary of Birth of French WWI Aviator
Ukraine – Antonov An-124 Ruslan Cargo Airplane – 5 Hryven – 2004 – Mintage 50,000 – KM-337 – The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It is the world’s largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world’s second largest operating cargo aircraft. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on 30 December 1992. It has an on-board overhead crane capable of lifting up to 30 tons of cargo, and items up to 120 tons can be winched on board. Since the type was initially designed for only occasional military use, original An-124s were built with a projected service life of 7,500 flight hours with possibility for extension. However many airframes have flown more than 15,000 flight hours. In response to complaints by commercial users, the An-124-100 version has been built since 2000 with an improved service life of 24,000 hours. Older airframes are being upgraded to this standard. Additional retrofitting is being performed to extend its service life to 40,000 flight hours.
Marshall Islands – Battle of Britain Commemorative – $5 – 1990 – Folder – BU
Marshall Islands – To the Heroes of Pearl Harbor – $5 – 1991 – Brilliant Uncirculated – KM-35
Chad – Fokker F7a Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2003 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – Designed in the 1920’s and used for commercial aviation, the Fokker F7a aircraft provided space for up to eight passengers and previously unknown levels of comfort. Fokker was able to sell 42 of these aircraft which were used well into the 1930’s.
Chad – McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2003 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982.
Chad – McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2002 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a medium- to long-range wide-body airliner seating up to 380 passengers. The DC-10 emerged in the late 1960s as the first Douglas wide-body airliner and it was the second wide-body jet reaching operational status after the Boeing 747.
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