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5 Dollars Kiau Chau
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#20 |
| Obverse description | Central field features a detailed relief depicting a large steam-assisted sailing vessel at anchor in a harbor, rendered in a documentary engraving style. A beaded border frames the entire design. The curved legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper left periphery, with the date 1999 inscribed vertically along the right side. The denomination 5$ appears in the lower field beneath the vessel. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Kiau Chau — the German-leased territory on China's Shandong Peninsula — was seized by Japan in November 1914 during one of the opening Pacific campaigns of World War I, ending Germany's presence there after barely sixteen years. Palau's commemorative program in the late 1990s drew heavily on forgotten colonial episodes, and this piece belongs to that series. The territory itself was not formally restored to Chinese sovereignty until the Washington Naval Treaty negotiations of 1922.