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20 Dollars Paladin Panda
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 93.3 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 20$ |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a fully colored and gilt effigy of a Giant Panda depicted as a warrior in a dynamic combat stance, clad in ornate golden armor and wielding a sword and a fighting staff. The panda figure is rendered in polychrome enamel with gilded highlights, standing against a high-relief background panorama of the Great Wall of China stretching across the field. The dates 1982 and 2022 flank the upper legend, commemorating the forty-year anniversary, with the series title PALADIN PANDA inscribed along the lower margin. |
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Palau has operated a prolific commemorative program since the 1990s, licensing its issuing authority to foreign minting houses targeting the collector market rather than any domestic circulation need. The Paladin Panda series sits squarely in that tradition — coins produced under Palauan authority but designed, minted, and distributed entirely for the numismatic trade, with no meaningful connection to the island nation beyond the legal arrangement.
The "Paladin" branding references a fantasy role-playing archetype, part of a broader wave of gaming-themed bullion issues that surged after 2018 as mints chased younger collector demographics.