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| Issuer | Nauru |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 10 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF NAURU NAOERO GOD'S WILL FIRST 10g Ti 990 HALF DOLLAR |
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| Additional information |
Nauru has issued novelty coinage under licensing arrangements for decades, functioning less as a monetary authority and more as a vehicle for themed collector pieces that would never receive legal tender status anywhere of practical consequence. This titanium half-dollar is part of that cottage industry — Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany, has no historical connection to Nauru whatsoever.
Titanium strikes of this kind are notoriously difficult to plate or finish evenly, and the .990 purity specification reflects collector-grade production rather than any monetary standard.