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1 Dollar First Pope in a Lutheran Church
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 27 g |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the full coat of arms of the Republic of Palau, featuring a traditional Palauan scene with a figure holding a trident surrounded by marine imagery within a shield, surmounted by a traditional outrigger canoe. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs across the upper field, flanked on each side by a series of small five-pointed stars. The national motto RAINBOW'S END appears within the lower portion of the shield, and the denomination 1$ is inscribed in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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In January 2006, Pope Benedict XVI became the first Roman pontiff to enter a Lutheran church, visiting the Lutheran Church of Rome on the via Sicilia — a deliberately chosen ecumenical gesture that drew both praise and criticism from within Catholic traditionalist circles. Palau has a long history of issuing commemorative dollars tied to notable world events with no direct connection to the island nation, and this piece fits squarely within that pattern.