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5 Dollars Palmyra
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed, partially colorized depiction of the ancient ruins of Palmyra, Syria, featuring several groups of Corinthian columns and entablatures rendered in warm ochre and terracotta tones against a mirror-polished silver field. The columns are shown in varying states of preservation, conveying the archaeological grandeur of this UNESCO World Heritage Site. The legend PALMYRA arcs along the upper left of the field in large incuse letters, while a circular globe logo inscribed WORLD OF WONDERS appears in the upper right. The date 2012 is incused in the lower left of the field. |
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Palmyra Atoll, a U.S. territory roughly 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, has no permanent population and no functioning economy — making this Palauan issue purely a collector vehicle rather than anything approaching a circulating currency. Palau has issued coins referencing far-flung Pacific locations since the 1990s, a commercially driven program that exploits its mint authority with no pretense otherwise.
KM#417 is one of dozens of similar issues from this period. Its interest lies entirely in the subject matter: Palmyra's reef ecosystem, closed to the public and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 2001.