1991 Gold Solomon Islands $50 Pearl Harbor Ngc Proof 69 Ultra Cameo 500 Minted

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO. OBV: ELIZABETH II CROWNED BUST RIGHT. REV: ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN FOREGROUND WITH JAPANESE PLANES OVERHEAD; U. ARIZONA ON FIRE IN BACKGROUND; CIRCULAR BORDER WITH LEGEND. THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON THE U. THE BASE WAS UNDER ATTACK BY 353 BOMBERS, FIGHTERS AND TORPEDO PLANES THAT WERE LAUNCHED IN TWO ATTACKS FROM 6 CARRIERS OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY. FOUR AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS WERE SUNK AND 12 OTHER VESSELS WERE EITHER SUNK OR DAMAGED ALONG WITH 188 AIRPLANES DESTROYED, THE LOSS OF 2,402 PERSONNEL KILLED AND 1,282 WOUNDED. THE JAPANESE SAW THIS AS A PREVENTATIVE STRIKE TO KEEP AMERICA'S PACIFIC FLEET FROM ENTERING THE WAR. IT WAS PART OF A GRAND STRATEGY IN THEIR CONQUEST OF ALLIED TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC. AMERICA, HITHERTO A NEUTRAL, WAS SO SHOCKED AND ANGERED BY THE ATTACK, THAT ENTRY INTO BOTH THE PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN THEATRES OF WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES WAS THE DIRECT RESULT. ROOSEVELT'S IMMORTAL SPEECH BEFORE CONGRESS CAPSULIZED THE ATTACK AS, A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. CONTAINS 15.6 GRAMS OF.

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• UPC: Does Not Apply
• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 1991
• Certification: NGC
• Certification Number: 3075441-001
• Grade: PR 69
• Composition: Gold