Catalogus
| Uitgever | Bank of Nauru |
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| Jaar | 2008 |
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| Oriëntatie | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | BANK OF NAURU 2008 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The central motif depicts Ded Moroz (Father Frost), the Slavic winter gift-bringer, rendered in full polychrome color and portrayed in a long red fur-trimmed robe with a blue sash, holding an ornate staff topped with a decorative finial in his left hand and a small decorated Christmas tree in his right. The figure stands against a matte silver winter landscape with a snow-covered forest in the lower field, accented with small star-shaped devices scattered across the field. The arc legend HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MERRY CHRISTMAS curves along the upper periphery, and the denomination 10 DOLLARS appears in relief at the base of the design. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
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.