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1 Dollar Sailfin Tang Fish
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a vivid full-color applique depiction of a Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma velifer) in naturalistic detail, rendered with characteristic bold horizontal striping in orange, yellow, and white against a deep-blue underwater reef scene with coral formations and distant fish silhouettes. The fish is shown in profile facing left, occupying the majority of the field. The curved legend ENDANGERED WILDLIFE arcs across the upper border in raised Latin lettering, and the date 2009 appears in the lower field. The design is framed by a beaded inner border. |
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| Mint | B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt, Munich |
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Palau's marine-themed collector series emerged from a 1994 licensing arrangement that gave the newly independent republic a reliable stream of hard currency revenue through foreign coin distributors, primarily marketed to European collectors. Most pieces in this extended series were never intended for domestic circulation and entered the market through specialist dealers in Germany and the Netherlands.
KM#285 is one of dozens of types in the program — copper-nickel rather than silver, which places it at the lower end of the series' production hierarchy.