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1 Dollar Frédéric Chopin: Vienna
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Reverse description | A colored holographic portrait of the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin is prominently displayed at center, rendered with vivid color application against a detailed background depiction of the Vienna State Opera building. The composition commemorates the bicentennial of Chopin's birth and his association with Vienna. Inscriptions identify the subject and provide his birth and death years flanking the portrait. |
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| Mintage | 2010 - Prooflike - 999 |
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Palau has issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1990s, producing themed series for the collector market with no meaningful domestic circulation. The Chopin connection here is Vienna only by association — he passed through the city and performed there, but Warsaw and Paris define his biography far more honestly than Austria does.