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20 Dollars Python
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of the Republic of Palau rendered in high relief against an obsidian black-finished field, flanked by a ring of six stars on each side and surmounted by the legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU in arched Latin lettering. Below the arms, the series name RAINBOW'S END appears within the shield, with the denomination 20 $ inscribed beneath. The lower portion of the field depicts a dramatic high-relief mountainous landscape extending across both sides, with the bold incuse legend HUNTERS BY NIGHT arching along the lower rim in large display lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 20$ HUNTERS BY NIGHT |
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Palau has operated as a prolific novelty bullion issuer since the early 2000s, leveraging a 1994 Compact of Free Association with the United States that left the island nation with no central bank of its own and no domestic currency to defend — a condition that makes issuing commemorative foreign-legal-tender coins essentially costless politically. The 20-dollar denomination here is nominal; Palau uses the US dollar in daily circulation and has no obligation to redeem these pieces at face value.
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