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5 Dollars Musubimaru
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU RAINBOW'S END |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Japanese |
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| Additional information |
Musubimaru is a Japanese municipal mascot — specifically the official character of Sendai city's subway system — and its appearance on a Palauan silver issue reflects the well-established mechanism by which the Republic of Palau licenses pop-cultural and regional Japanese intellectual property for collector coin programs sold almost exclusively into the Japanese market. Palau has no meaningful numismatic tradition of its own; its prolific modern output exists entirely as a vehicle for foreign mint houses and marketing firms. This piece was almost certainly produced by a private European mint operating under contract.