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1 Dollar Opening the Cause of Beatification
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 USD) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 1 $ |
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| Reverse lettering | JOHN PAUL II 28 JUNE 2005 OPENING CAUSE OF BEATIFICATION 01.05.2011 BEATIFICATION |
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Palau's legal framework for coin issuance — established in a 1963 compact with the United States and later refined under the 1994 Compact of Free Association — permits the republic to mint commemorative currency largely as a revenue instrument, with pieces rarely if ever entering circulation. This dollar is one of hundreds of themed issues produced under that arrangement, this one tied to the Catholic beatification process, almost certainly commissioned in connection with a specific candidate for sainthood though the issuing authority's documentation is thin on that detail.