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5 Dollars Temple of Heaven
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#378 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-color photographic-style depiction of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests within the Temple of Heaven complex in Beijing, China, rendered with vivid polychrome coloring highlighting the three-tiered circular roof in deep cobalt blue with teal and gold decorative eaves, and the cylindrical lower hall in rich red and ochre. A broad ceremonial marble stairway with white balustrades leads toward the structure in the lower field. The legend TEMPLE OF HEAVEN arcs along the upper left rim, and a small circular logo inscribed WORLD OF WONDERS with a globe motif appears to the right. The date 2011 is incused in the lower right field. |
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Palau has issued commemorative silver rounds under its own authority since 1992, despite having no meaningful domestic coin circulation — the U.S. dollar functions as its actual currency. The Temple of Heaven series belongs to a broader wave of Pacific island nation issues produced almost entirely for the collector market, with striking typically contracted to external mints.
The Temple of Heaven itself was completed in 1420 during the Yongle Emperor's reign and served as the site of annual imperial ceremonies where the Son of Heaven would petition for good harvests — a ritual performed without interruption for nearly five centuries until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.