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20 Dollars London
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | A highly detailed relief engraving of Tower Bridge dominates the field, rendered against a finely striated background evoking rainfall over the River Thames. A blue-colored inset in the lower right represents the flowing waters of the Thames beneath the bridge. In the lower left, a raised circular cartouche bears the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Palau surrounded by the legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU and the denomination 20$. The inscriptions LONDON in bold capitals and I love you in italic script appear in the upper field, with RAINBOW'S END engraved within the cartouche. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed aerial perspective of central London fills the entire field, rendered with exceptional relief engraving in the Tiffany Art style. Prominent landmarks are depicted including Buckingham Palace, the Palace of Westminster with the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), the British Museum, the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus. The composition is executed with meticulous cartographic precision, conveying the urban fabric of the metropolis from a bird's-eye viewpoint. The legend METROPOLIS appears prominently, accompanied by the maker's attribution Tiffany Art and the date 2023. |
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Palau has operated as a prolific commemorative issuer since the early 1990s, frequently contracting European minting houses — including those in Austria and Poland — to produce collector-oriented silver pieces with no meaningful domestic circulation. The "London" designation in this series places it within a city-themed program rather than indicating anything about where the coin was struck.
KM#992 is a modern bullion-adjacent issue aimed squarely at the collector market, not monetary use. Palau's legal tender framework allows foreign-struck pieces to carry face values far below their metal content without contradiction.