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5 Dollars Broad Peak
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Palau at centre, depicting a crowned Neptune seated and holding a trident, accompanied by a mermaid, within a heraldic shield bearing the inscription RAINBOW'S END at the base. A traditional outrigger canoe appears above the shield in the upper field. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper rim, flanked by eight five-pointed stars. The denomination 5$ is inscribed in the lower field beneath the shield. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Broad Peak, the twelfth-highest mountain on earth at 8,051 meters, was first summited in 1957 by an Austrian team — Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl — notable for being one of the first eight-thousander ascents completed without supplemental oxygen. Palau has issued a consistent run of mountaineering-themed silver pieces throughout the 2010s, this being among the more geographically specific entries in that series.