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10 Dollars Father Frost
| Issuer | Bank of Nauru |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#81 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MERRY CHRISTMAS 10 DOLLARS |
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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.