Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Dollar Saint Judas Iscariot
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a finely detailed color portrait of Judas Iscariot rendered in the style of a Byzantine icon, with a golden halo surrounding his bearded visage, set against a richly colored mosaic-like background. The name JUDAS ISCARIOT is inscribed in red along the upper portion of the inner circle in bold Latin letters. The left field bears the vertical inscription XII APOSTOLI, denoting the series, while the date 2009 appears at the lower right. The portrait is framed by a beaded inner border, giving the design an ecclesiastical and artistic character consistent with the series' theme. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Palau's commemorative dollar program has long exploited the freedom that comes with issuing coins carrying no realistic circulation intent, and this piece sits at an unusual theological edge. Judas Iscariot appears on very few official coinage programs worldwide — the betrayal narrative makes him a fraught subject for any issuer — but Palau's series on Biblical figures made no such distinctions.
KM#281 is part of a broader apostle-themed run. That Judas was included rather than omitted says something about the series' ambition toward completeness over comfort.