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5 Dollars Ounce of Luck 2017
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BETTER AN OUNCE OF LUCK THAN A POUND OF GOLD 2017 |
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Palau's dollar-denominated collector issues have been a cottage industry since the 1990s, produced almost entirely for the numismatic market with no genuine circulation intended. The "Ounce of Luck" series leans explicitly into superstition-themed novelty collecting — a segment that grew sharply in the 2010s as mint-marketed "good luck" pieces found reliable buyers in European and Asian gift markets. Legal tender status under Palauan law is technically valid but practically meaningless for a nation whose everyday currency is the U.S. dollar.