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| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH 2005-2010 SANTO SUBITO POPE JOHN PAUL II |
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Issued shortly after the beatification momentum surrounding John Paul II reached its peak, this Palauan dollar belongs to a sprawling series of papal and religious commemoratives produced for the collector market rather than circulation. Palau has no meaningful connection to the Vatican; the coins exist because the island's monetary arrangement with the United States left room for licensed commemorative issues sold wholesale to European distributors.
"Santo Subito" — "sainthood immediately" — was the cry from the crowd at John Paul II's funeral in April 2005, an unusually public demand that visibly influenced the Vatican's decision to waive the standard five-year waiting period before opening his cause.