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5 Dollars Battle of Bussaco
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Buçaco, fought in September 1810, was Wellington's sharp repulse of Masséna's army as it attempted to force the ridge road into Coimbra — a battle the French so thoroughly mishandled that Masséna lost roughly 4,500 men against fewer than 1,300 Allied casualties. It settled nothing strategically; Masséna simply flanked the position and Wellington fell back to the Lines of Torres Vedras. Palau has issued dozens of these Napoleonic-themed five-dollar silver pieces, most tied to round anniversaries with no particular numismatic rationale beyond the collector market.