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5 Dollars Daisy parrotfish
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 5$ |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a vibrant full-color applied depiction of a Daisy Parrotfish (Scarus psittacus) swimming amid coral and seagrass rendered in polychrome enamel, occupying the central field. The bilingual legend RED SEA MARINE LIFE · דגי ים סוף arcs along the upper rim in Latin and Hebrew scripts. The Holy Land Mint logo and the inscriptions 1 oz. and .999 SILVER appear in the upper right field. The date 2017 is situated in the lower left field, while the species name DAISY PARROTFISH · תוכינון ירוק קווים is inscribed along the lower rim in both Latin and Hebrew characters. |
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Palau has issued collector silver under Pacific wildlife themes since the late 1990s, largely through licensing arrangements with the Coin Invest Trust (CIT) in Liechtenstein, which handles production and distribution for numerous small Pacific island sovereigns with no domestic mint. The daisy parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) is widespread across Indo-Pacific reef systems and notable for its role in bioerosion — individuals can produce hundreds of kilograms of sand annually through their feeding on coral.
KM#774 belongs to a crowded field of Palauan wildlife issues marketed primarily to thematic collectors rather than circulators.