5 Dollars Hidden Peak

Hidden Peak — more properly K2 — sits on the China-Pakistan border and was first summited in 1954 by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio, a full year after Everest. It remains statistically more lethal per summit attempt than any other eight-thousander, a fact that gives this Palauan commemorative its only real claim on serious attention. Palau has issued hundreds of thematic silver coins through licensing arrangements, with the actual minting typically contracted to European facilities — the islands themselves have no mint.