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10 Dollars USS Missouri
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the coat of arms of the Republic of Palau depicted on a shield, featuring Neptune holding a trident alongside a mermaid, with an outrigger canoe above. The shield is flanked by six five-pointed stars arranged in an arc, and the circular legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU runs along the upper periphery. The inscription RAINBOW'S END appears within the shield, and the denomination 10 $ and date 2008 are inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, high-relief rendering of the Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) underway at sea, viewed from a three-quarter bow perspective, with gun turrets prominently displayed. A small gilt American eagle in spread-winged posture is applied at the upper center of the field above the vessel. The incuse legend U.S. MISSOURI appears in the lower portion of the field beneath the ship's hull. The rhombus format of the flan frames the composition with plain borders at each corner. |
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The USS Missouri (BB-63) earned her most consequential hour not in battle but at anchor — it was on her deck in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, that Japan's formal surrender was signed, ending the Second World War. Palau's commemorative issues from this period frequently target the Pacific Theater, a deliberate choice given the islands' own brutal wartime history under Japanese occupation and subsequent American liberation in 1944.
The two-ounce format places this squarely among Palau's larger commemorative releases of the mid-2000s, a series known for inconsistent secondary market performance despite low nominal mintages.