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10 Dollars The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of Palau centrally displayed within a decorative shield, depicting a traditional figure flanked by a mermaid beneath a star and crescent, with a native canoeist above the shield. The legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper periphery, accompanied by eight five-pointed stars evenly distributed around the field. The inscription RAINBOW'S END appears within the lower portion of the shield, and the denomination 10$ is positioned in the lower field below the arms. Two curved decorative elements flank the shield in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a highly detailed high-relief antiqued scene illustrating Aesop's fable 'The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs.' A male figure wearing a feathered hat and rustic attire is depicted to the left, his hands outstretched with a greedy expression toward a nest containing a single golden egg rendered in gold-gilt finish. A large goose stands prominently to the right beside the nest, with finely engraved feather detail. In the background, a mountainous landscape with birds in flight and a doorway with chains is visible. A knife rests in the lower left foreground, and the date 2020 appears engraved in the lower right field. |
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Palau has operated a prolific commemorative coin program since the 1990s, licensing its sovereign minting rights to European distributors — primarily Austrian and Polish mints — to produce collector pieces with virtually no domestic circulation. This issue belongs squarely to that model: a bullion-weight silver coin tied to an Aesop fable, produced for the international collector market rather than any Palauan monetary purpose.
The KM#860 attribution places it within a catalog sequence that had already run into the hundreds by 2020, reflecting just how densely Palau has issued across themes.