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1 Dollar Blue Shark
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ENDANGERED WILDLIFE 2008 |
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Palau has issued an extensive series of wildlife-themed dollar coins since the late 1990s, many produced for the collector market rather than general circulation. The blue shark piece fits squarely within that program — a sovereign issue in name, struck in quantities calibrated to numismatic demand rather than any domestic monetary need, given Palau's own population of roughly 20,000 and its practical reliance on the US dollar for everyday commerce.