1 Dollar John Paul II

Palau's dollar-denomination collector issues of this type were produced under a licensing arrangement common to small Pacific island states with no meaningful domestic coin circulation — the "issuer" designation is largely nominal, with actual production contracted to private minting houses in Europe, most often in Austria or Germany. John Paul II had been beatified in 2005 under Benedict XVI, with full canonization following in 2014, placing this 2010 issue squarely in the beatification aftermath when commemorative demand peaked. Silver-plated copper rather than solid silver signals a budget tier of the souvenir market.