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5 Dollars Barracuda
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central colored field depicts a barracuda in full lateral profile, swimming leftward against an underwater background rendered in deep blue and violet tones evoking open ocean depths. The fish is portrayed naturalistically with characteristic elongated body, pointed snout, and forked tail fin. A beaded border frames the colored central disc, with the legend MARINE LIFE PROTECTION arcing along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering on the uncolored border. |
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Palau's marine-themed silver program launched in 1992 with a straightforward conservation mandate tied to the country's then-nascent reputation as a dive tourism destination. The barracuda issue fits within that broader run, which expanded aggressively through the early 2000s as Pacific island nations competed for the collector bullion market by licensing exotic fauna designs to foreign minting houses.
KM#174 was produced in relatively modest quantities by modern commemorative standards, with distribution handled almost entirely through numismatic channels — these never saw Palauan circulation.