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2 Dollars Orange Darien Stubfoot Toad
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of the Republic of Palau is depicted centrally within a shield, featuring a traditional figure holding a trident flanked by a reclining female figure, with a crescent moon and star above in the field. A traditional outrigger canoe appears above the shield. Eight stars are arranged in an arc on either side of the shield. The series inscription RAINBOW'S END appears in the lower portion of the shield, and the denomination 2$ is engraved at the bottom of the field. The legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 2$ |
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Palau's wildlife conservation series, launched in the early 2000s, was one of the first Pacific island programs to systematically use numismatic issues to fund and publicize endangered species research. The Darien Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus spurrelli) is native to Colombia and Panama — not Palau — which reflects the broad conservation mandate rather than any geographic claim. The species had already experienced severe population collapses by 2011 due to chytridiomycosis, the fungal disease that has devastated amphibian populations across Central and South America since the 1980s.