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5 Dollars FIFA World Cup Brazil
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the coat of arms of the Republic of Palau at center, depicting a shield bearing the figure of Neptune holding a trident, accompanied by a mermaid, with a traditional outrigger canoe above the shield. The arms are flanked by decorative floral and foliate ornamentation. Eight five-pointed stars are arranged in an arc around the inner field. The legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU curves along the upper periphery, with the denomination 5$ inscribed at the bottom of the field, and the inscription RAINBOW'S END appears below the shield. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver in volume since the 1990s, largely through licensing arrangements with European minting houses — this piece was almost certainly struck by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich, which handled the bulk of Palau's FIFA-licensed output ahead of the 2014 Brazil tournament cycle. The two-year lead time on issues like this was standard practice for World Cup licensing, with coins entering the collector market well before host-country infrastructure was even completed.