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10 Dollars Venus de Milo
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a color-printed photographic reproduction of the rear view of the Venus de Milo sculpture set against a black background, rendered in a realistic antiqued style. To the upper left, the shield-shaped coat of arms of the Republic of Palau is depicted in relief, bearing the legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arching above and RAINBOW'S END inscribed on a scroll at the base of the shield. The denomination 10 DOLLARS appears in raised lettering to the lower left of the central image. The elaborately engraved border features an ornate foliate and cartouche motif in antique finish surrounding the recessed colored insert. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 10 DOLLARS |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since 1994, leveraging a 1994 Compact of Free Association arrangement that permits the island nation to produce legal tender without maintaining a central bank. The Venus de Milo series places the coin within a broader wave of Pacific micro-state issues aimed squarely at the European collector market, where classical antiquity themes sell reliably.
The original sculpture, housed in the Louvre since 1821, was discovered on Milos in 1820 — its missing arms already absent when excavated, a fact that generated academic dispute for decades.