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1 Dollar Pope John Paul II: Santo Subito
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Palau occupies the central field, depicting a traditional scene with a figure holding a trident and a mermaid-like figure amid ocean waves, enclosed within an ornate cartouche. A native canoe with a figure is shown above the shield. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper portion of the rhombus-shaped field, flanked on each side by a row of small five-pointed stars. The inscription RAINBOW'S END appears within the lower part of the coat of arms, and the denomination 1 $ is displayed in the field below the shield. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver dollars since 1994, regularly licensing religious and natural history subjects to foreign distributors — a revenue model common among small Pacific island nations with no meaningful domestic coin circulation. This piece was struck following the grassroots "Santo Subito" movement that erupted at John Paul II's funeral in April 2005, when crowds in St. Peter's Square demanded his immediate canonization. The Vatican formally opened his beatification cause within weeks, an unusually accelerated timeline.