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1 Dollar Santo Subito II
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Palau at center, featuring a shield surmounted by a traditional outrigger canoe with a figure paddling, flanked by decorative floral mantling. Within the shield, a figure of a fisherman is depicted amid stylized waves and tropical vegetation, with a star above and the motto legend RAINBOW'S END inscribed in the lower portion of the shield. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper rim, separated by small five-pointed stars on either side. The denomination 1$ appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 1$ |
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Issued in the immediate aftermath of John Paul II's beatification momentum, "Santo Subito" — "Saint immediately" — was the crowd's chant at his 2005 funeral in St. Peter's Square, becoming one of the most recognized spontaneous demands for canonization in modern Catholic history. His formal beatification came in May 2011, meaning this coin was struck in anticipation rather than commemoration. Palau has no Catholic majority to speak of; the issue is purely a collector product, one of dozens of themed pieces the territory licenses to European distributors annually.