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5 Dollars St. Peter's Basilica
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse description | The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Palau occupies the central field, depicted as a heraldic shield featuring a crowned Neptune holding a trident, accompanied by a mermaid, a treasure chest, and ocean waves, with the motto RAINBOW'S END inscribed on a scroll at the base. A traditional Palauan outrigger canoe with a paddler appears above the shield. Eight five-pointed stars are arranged in a semicircle around the periphery. The legend REPUBLIC OF PALAU arcs along the upper rim in Latin characters, and the denomination 5$ is inscribed at the bottom of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2013 - Proof - 2,500 |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver under its agreement with the U.S. dollar system since 1992, leveraging its lack of a domestic mint and its status as a freely associated state to contract production through foreign facilities — most of these issues were struck in Germany or Poland. The St. Peter's series appeared the same year Pope Francis was elected, which almost certainly influenced the timing of Vatican-themed numismatic releases across multiple issuers that year.
KM#463 is one of several Palauan architectural religious issues from this period, a crowded market segment that saw secondary values decline sharply within years of release.