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5 Dollars German Kamerun
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded right-facing effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm I, adapted from the Prussian coinage type (cf. KM#503 Prussia), occupying the central and right portions of the field against a frosted mirror background. The denomination '5$' appears to the left of the portrait in the field. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF PALAU' arcs above, and the date '1999' descends along the right periphery, both separated from the inner field by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Palau's late-1990s issues for the German colonial series were produced under a licensing arrangement that allowed the Pacific island nation to monetize collector demand for nostalgic German colonial subjects — a practice Palau used aggressively through this period across dozens of themed programs. Kamerun, the German protectorate established in 1884 and administered until the Anglo-French partition following World War I, is the specific subject here.
KM#19 belongs to a run of five coins covering the former German colonial territories. The series sold primarily through European dealers, particularly in Germany.