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5 Dollars German Kamerun, Essai
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU 1999 5$ |
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| Reverse lettering | DEUTSCH KAMERUN |
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Palau's 1999 palladium program was one of the earliest sovereign palladium issues in the Pacific region, arriving just as the metal was experiencing a dramatic price spike driven by Russian export restrictions and surging automotive catalyst demand. The "Essai" designation here refers to a pattern or trial strike — the coin was never placed into regular circulation, making the production run extremely limited. The German Kamerun theme is the more puzzling element: Cameroon was a German protectorate from 1884 until 1916, when Anglo-French forces partitioned it during the First World War, ending German colonial administration entirely.