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2 Dollars Dante Alighieri
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The field is entirely covered by an elaborate decorative background of finely detailed feathers radiating outward from the center, rendered in high relief. The coat of arms of Palau is depicted centrally in the lower half of the field, set within this feathered surround. The curved legend '2021 REPUBLIC OF PALAU' arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised Latin lettering, while the denomination '2$' appears at the base of the design. |
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| Reverse description | A large, highly detailed left-facing portrait bust of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri dominates the entire field, rendered in bold high relief with fine sculptural quality. Dante is depicted wearing his traditional laurel wreath crown and characteristic hood or cowl draped about his head and shoulders, faithfully evoking the canonical iconography of the poet. The portrait is executed in an antique artistic style, with no surrounding legend or inscription, allowing the powerful effigy to fill the coin's surface entirely. |
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Palau has built a substantial business issuing collector coins themed around European cultural figures — a practice with no connection to the issuer's history or currency needs, driven entirely by the numismatic novelty market. This piece belongs to that trade.
Dante died in Ravenna in 1321, exiled from Florence, the city that had condemned him to death in absentia two decades earlier.