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5 Dollars Christmas Bells
| Issuer | Bank of Nauru |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed central device of two Christmas bells tied with a large decorative ribbon bow, adorned with sprigs of holly bearing berries, rendered in high relief. The denomination 5 Dollars appears in the lower central field below the bells. A circular legend around the periphery renders the word for Christmas in five languages, separated by star-shaped stops: CHRISTMAS, WEIHNACHTEN, NAVIDAD, NOEL, and NATALE, reading around the full circumference against a polished proof field. |
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| Mintage | 2008 - - 15,000 |
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Nauru's micro-gold Christmas series occupied a niche market in the late 2000s — collector-targeted issues from a Pacific island nation whose own economy had collapsed following the exhaustion of its phosphate deposits. By 2008, Nauru was operating largely as a financial dependency of Australia, with no meaningful domestic coin circulation. These pieces were struck for the gift and novelty trade, not for any monetary function.