25 Dollars Gyeongbokgung

Gyeongbokgung Palace was destroyed twice — by Japanese forces during the Imjin War in 1592, then again systematically during the Japanese colonial occupation beginning in 1910, when the Government-General building was deliberately erected to block the palace's main gate. Reconstruction of the northern Seoul complex began only in 1990 and remains unfinished.

Palau has issued coin series under licensing arrangements for decades, functioning effectively as a mint-for-hire jurisdiction with no organic connection to the subjects depicted.