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5 Dollars Great Pyramid of Giza
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The shield-shaped coat of arms of the Republic of Palau occupies the central field, depicting a traditional outrigger canoe above the escutcheon, within which a sea deity holding a trident is flanked by a mermaid amid ocean waves and marine iconography, with the motto RAINBOW'S END inscribed at the base of the shield. Eight five-pointed stars are arranged symmetrically in the field surrounding the coat of arms. The legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination 5$ appears in the lower field below the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END 5$ |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since 1992, despite having no domestic mint and negligible monetary infrastructure — the coins are legal tender in name, produced entirely for the collector market by contracted European mints. This piece belongs to a "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" series, a format that proliferated among small Pacific island nations during the 2000s as mint licensing agreements became a reliable revenue stream.
The Great Pyramid remained the tallest man-made structure on earth for nearly 3,800 years, until Lincoln Cathedral surpassed it around 1311 AD.