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1 Dollar Skull
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the national coat of arms of Palau centrally positioned within the skull-shaped flan, depicting a maritime scene with a figure of a native fisherman in a traditional canoe above, and a seated figure of a man holding a trident flanked by a female figure below, all enclosed within a decorative cartouche. The arc legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU is inscribed above the arms, punctuated by six-pointed stars on either side. The motto RAINBOW'S END appears on a scroll below the central device. The denomination 1$ is inscribed in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Palau's legal tender coin program has operated largely as a collectibles vehicle since the 1990s, with the island nation licensing its monetary authority to overseas minting operations — primarily in Austria and Germany — to produce themed issues for the numismatic market rather than domestic circulation. This particular fractional gold piece belongs to that commercial tradition entirely.
At 0.5 g of .9999 fine gold, the practical bullion value at any recent gold price barely clears a few US dollars — a deliberate tension that defines the entire micro-gold format.