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1 Dollar Blue-powder Surgeonfish
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | A mermaid figurehead is depicted in high relief at the centre of the field, reclining against the prow and sail of a traditional wooden sailing vessel, her scaled tail curling downward toward stylised waves at the base. The mermaid faces left, with flowing hair and one hand raised to her head. The denomination '1$' appears in the lower right field. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF PALAU 2002' runs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU 2002 1$ |
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Palau began issuing its marine life dollar series in 1994, shortly after establishing its own currency following the Compact of Free Association with the United States. These coins circulated legally but were produced almost entirely for the collector market — few ever saw a cash register in Ngerulmud.
KM#63 is one of dozens of species-themed issues from this prolific program, which ran well into the 2000s with varying degrees of collector uptake.