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| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A facing bust portrait of Gustav Heinemann, third President of the Federal Republic of Germany, is rendered in relief at the centre of the field, depicting him wearing spectacles, a suit jacket, collar, and tie. A beaded border frames the inner field. The legend GUSTAV HEINEMANN arcs across the upper periphery, with the dates 1969 - 1974 inscribed along the left side denoting his presidential term. The issue year 2007 appears in the lower exergue, flanked by decorative dots. |
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Palau's legal tender coinage has been struck almost entirely by foreign mints under licensing arrangements, with this small-format gold issue produced as part of a collector series nominally denominated in dollars despite Palau's actual currency being the US dollar. Gustav Heinemann, West Germany's third Federal President, remains an unusual honoree for a Pacific island nation — his selection reflects the commercial logic of the German collector market rather than any historical connection to Palau.