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1 Dollar Baseball
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 USD) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a highly stylized close-up rendering of a baseball, filling the entire field. The characteristic double-stitched seams of the ball are rendered in fine raised detail against a satin-finished matte ground, creating a strong tactile and visual contrast. No legends or inscriptions appear on this face. |
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| Mintage | ND (2022) - Silk Finish - 15,000 |
| Additional information |
Palau has operated a prolific commemorative coinage program since the late 1990s, licensing its sovereign minting authority to produce collector pieces with no domestic circulation function whatsoever. This baseball dollar belongs to that tradition — a legal tender instrument in name, issued by a Pacific nation with no baseball culture, for a collector market thousands of miles away. The 0.5g gold format, increasingly common among modern micro-gold issues, allows mints to offer gold-content pieces at accessible price points while maximizing margin per gram struck.