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| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Composition | Clay composite |
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| Reverse description | A large, vibrantly colored green four-leaf clover occupies the central field, rendered in full color as a good-luck charm motif. The legend GOOD LUCK is repeated five times around the circumference, separated by small red diamond-shaped ornaments, creating a continuous border inscription. The numeral 50 appears to the right of the clover in the field, rendered in pink. The background field is light silver-gray, and the whole is framed by the same yellow-green notched casino chip-style border as the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Palau has issued novelty bullion-adjacent pieces under its licensing agreements with foreign minting houses since the 1990s, and this clay composite dollar sits firmly in that commercial souvenir category rather than any monetary tradition. The Republic of Palau holds legal authority to issue coinage under its Compact of Free Association with the United States, though the U.S. dollar remains its actual circulating currency — meaning pieces like this one were never intended to pass hands as money.