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5 Dollars Manta Ray
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Reverse description | A large manta ray is depicted in vivid full-color, rendered in deep blue and black tones, gliding dynamically through a sunlit tropical sea. The ray occupies the majority of the central field, its broad cephalic fins and distinctive white ventral markings faithfully rendered. Several small yellow tropical fish are visible in the background field, while a colorful coral reef community in ochre and red tones fills the lower portion. The circumferential legend 'MARINE LIFE PROTECTION' arcs along the upper border within a beaded inner circle. |
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| Reverse lettering | MARINE LIFE PROTECTION |
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Palau began issuing silver five-dollar pieces in 1994 under a licensing arrangement common among small Pacific island nations with no meaningful domestic coin circulation — the program was designed entirely for the collector market, with distribution handled through overseas dealers and the coins never seeing use as currency. The manta ray issue appeared in 1999 as part of the Marine Life Protection series, which ran for over a decade and drew consistent demand from thematic collectors worldwide.
KM#37 was struck at the B.H. Mayer Mint in Germany, which produced the majority of Palau's commemorative output during this period.