Catalog
200 Dollars Marine Life Protection
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 200 Dollars (200 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a standing figure of Neptune (Poseidon), shown draped from the waist and holding an upright trident in his right hand, positioned to the right of a tall-masted sailing ship riding ocean waves. A beaded border frames the design. The curved legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU 1998 arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 200$ appears in the lower field beneath the central tableau. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Palau's marine protection coin program launched in 1992, making this 1998 gold issue part of one of the earliest and most sustained national conservation coinage series in the Pacific. The Republic of Palau, independent only since 1994 under a Compact of Free Association with the United States, used numismatic exports as a significant revenue stream from almost the moment of sovereignty — the coin program predates independence itself, issued under the transitional government.
Fr#3 in Friedberg places it firmly within the slender canon of recognized Palauan gold, a catalog that remains short by any measure.