Netherlands Antilles – ALM Jetliner – 2 1/2 Gulden – 1970 – Pick 21a – Crisp Uncirculated
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – HMS Beagle – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – Endeavour – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – Sao Gabriel – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – Victoria – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Tristan da Cunha – Ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Belfast – 1 Crown – 2008 – Prooflike
Tristan da Cunha – Ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Sceptre – 1 Crown – 2008 – Prooflike
Tristan da Cunha – Ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Victory – 1 Crown – 2008 – Prooflike
Cook Islands – Nelson’s Flagship HMS Victory – $1 – 2008 – Prooflike
Cook Islands – Admiral Horation Nelson – $1 – 2008 – Prooflike
Marshall Islands – First Men on the Moon – $5 – 1989 – Brilliant Uncirculated – KM-13
Marshall Islands – Battle of Britain Commemorative – $5 – 1990 – Folder – BU
Marshall Islands – Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery – $5 – 1988 – Brilliant Uncirculated
Marshall Islands – To The Heroes of Pearl Harbor – $5 – 1991 – Brilliant Uncirculated – KM-35
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.
Pitcairn Islands – H.M.A.V. Bounty – Two Dollars – 2010 – Proof – Ship
Liberia – Attack on Pearl Harbor – Japanese Zero – Five Dollars – 2000 – BU – KM-651
Franklin Mint – History of US – Sit-down Stikes Sweep the Nation – 1937 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – There were 4,470 recorded strikes during 1937, mostly of sit-down variety – Feb 5-July 22 – President Roosevelt fails to “pack” the Supreme Court – May 6 – German dirigible Hindenburg explodes at Lakehurst, NJ – July – Disappearance of Amerial Earhart during Pacific flight.
Depicts four of the earliest prop-driven aircraft.
The Curtiss P-40 was the first fighter flown in action against the Japanese forces in Burma before the official US entry into WW2. As wartime experience in the P-40 mounted, Curtiss made many modifications. Engineers added armor plate, better self-sealing fuel tanks, and more powerful engines. They modified the cockpit to improve visibility and changed the armament package to six, wing-mounted, .50 caliber machine guns. The P-40E Kittyhawk was the first model with this gun package and it entered service in time to serve in the AVG. The last model produced in quantity was the P-40N, the lightest P-40 built in quantity, and much faster than previous models. Curtiss built a single P-40Q. It was the fastest P-40 to fly (679 kph/422 mph) but it could not match the performance of the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang so Curtiss ended development of the P-40 series with this model. In addition to the AAF, many Allied nations bought and flew P-40s including England, France, China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Turkey.
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