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1 Dollar Polish Knight on Horseback
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A fully armored Polish knight on horseback is depicted in high relief at the center of the rhombus-shaped field, his sword raised aloft in a dramatic battle pose, with a red caparison bearing the white Polish eagle emblazoned on the horse's flank. The scene is rendered in vivid applied color, showing the chaos of the Battle of Grunwald (1410) in the background, with fallen Teutonic Knights, scattered banners bearing the black cross, and massed cavalry visible across the field. A defeated enemy warrior lies prostrate beneath the horse's hooves, and a Teutonic cross standard lies trampled in the lower right. The commemorative legend 600 YEARS BATTLE OF GRUNWALD arcs along the upper left edge, and the date 2010 appears at the bottom of the field. |
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Palau has operated as a prolific vehicle for themed collector coinage since the 1990s, licensing its sovereignty to mint operators producing runs aimed squarely at the European thematic market. This piece belongs to that commercial tradition — silver-plated copper rather than silver, struck for display rather than any monetary function. The Polish knight series tapped demand among Polish diaspora collectors and Central European numismatic clubs, where medievally-themed issues from minor Pacific issuers found a reliable secondary market through the 2000s and into the 2010s.