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10 Dollars Father Frost
| Issuer | Bank of Nauru |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the coat of arms of Nauru, featuring a quartered shield supported by two frigate birds with outstretched wings, and surmounted by a twelve-pointed star above a scroll inscribed NAOERO. The lower portion of the shield bears the motto GOD'S WILL FIRST on a ribbon beneath. The legend BANK OF NAURU arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 2008 appears in large numerals at the base of the field. Two small pellets flank the lower field as decorative stops. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nauru's 2008 collector series leaned heavily into seasonal novelty themes, a pattern common among small Pacific island states whose mints — typically contracted to the Bavarian State Mint or B.H. Mayer in Germany — generated a significant portion of national revenue through commemorative licensing rather than circulating coinage. Father Frost, the Slavic cognate of Father Christmas rooted in East Slavic folklore rather than Western Christmas tradition, was an unusual subject choice for a Micronesian issuer with no cultural connection to the figure.