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1 Dollar Heinrich Lübke
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust portrait of Heinrich Lübke, second President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959–1969), rendered in fine relief at the centre of the field. The subject is depicted in a suit and tie, with a naturalistic facial likeness. A beaded inner border frames the design. The legend HEINRICH LÜBKE curves along the upper arc, with the dates 1959–1969 inscribed along the left side, and the year of issue 2007 appears in the lower exergue flanked by decorative dots. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Heinrich Lübke served as West Germany's second federal president from 1959 to 1969, a tenure increasingly overshadowed by postwar allegations linking him to forced labor construction projects during the Nazi period. The controversy never fully resolved before his death in 1972. Palau's practice of issuing small-format gold dollars honoring foreign statesmen reflects a broader Pacific micro-state coinage strategy with no domestic monetary function whatsoever — these pieces are struck purely for the collector market.