Catalog
5 Dollars Christmas Bells
| Issuer | Bank of Nauru |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | CHRISTMAS * WEIHNACHTEN * NAVIDAD * NOEL * NATALE * 5 Dollars |
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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.