20 Dollars Swordfish

Palau's large-format silver issues from this period were produced primarily for the collector export market, with no meaningful domestic circulation — the republic's actual monetary needs were served by the US dollar. This piece is part of a marine life series that Palau began issuing in the late 1990s, capitalizing on the country's international reputation as a premier dive destination and its unusually progressive marine sanctuary legislation, which had banned commercial shark fishing as early as 2009.