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10 Dollars Forbidden City
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A finely engraved panoramic aerial view of the Forbidden City (Palace Museum) in Beijing occupies the field, rendered in remarkable high-relief detail with traditional Chinese palatial architecture including tiered rooftops, terraced staircases, and ornamental balustrades. To the left, the shield-shaped coat of arms of the Republic of Palau is depicted in relief, bearing the motto RAINBOW'S END. A square inset of genuine amber mineral art is mounted centrally within the architectural composition, framed in a recessed border. The denomination 10 DOLLARS appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since 1992, when the U.S. Compact of Free Association granted it the right to produce legal tender coinage despite using the U.S. dollar as its circulating currency. The Forbidden City series sits within a broader Palauan strategy of licensing culturally significant subjects to European minting houses — in this case targeting the collector market ahead of the 2015 wave of Chinese numismatic demand driven by mainland buyers seeking silver with PRC-adjacent themes.
KM#741 was struck at 2 troy ounces, a format increasingly favored by Pacific island issuers in the early 2010s as a premium over standard one-ounce issues.