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20 Dollars Girl with a Pearl Earring
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Diameter | 65.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the coat of arms of the Republic of Palau at center, depicting a traditional Palauan scene within a shield surmounted by a native canoe, flanked by decorative supporters and bearing the inscription RAINBOW'S END in the lower portion of the shield. The denomination 20$ appears below the arms in the inner field. The legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs above the central device, accompanied by a ring of eight stars. The entire inner design is surrounded by a broad textured border rendered in an intricate micromosaic pattern. The series name GREAT MICROMOSAIC PASSION and the mintmark GMP appear within the mosaic border in raised lettering. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Palau has operated an aggressive commemorative licensing program since the 1990s, contracting with European minting houses — primarily in Austria and Poland — to produce high-relief collector pieces sold almost entirely outside the Pacific island nation itself. This coin is part of that ecosystem: a licensed reproduction of Vermeer's painting, almost certainly struck at Mennica Polska or a comparable facility, with Palau's name providing the legal issuing framework for a coin its citizens will never encounter in commerce.
Vermeer's original, housed in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, has no documented provenance before 1881, when it sold at auction for two guilders and thirty cents.