Catalog
5 Dollars United Nations 50th Anniversary
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | Dollar of the United States (1992-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU 5$ |
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| Reverse lettering | • 185th MEMBER OF THE UN • 50 YEARS UNITED NATIONS • 1995 |
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Palau gained the authority to issue its own coinage under the Compact of Free Association with the United States, which took effect in 1994 — making this 1995 release one of the earliest coins struck under Palauan sovereignty. The UN anniversary provided a natural occasion for a newly independent Pacific microstate to assert that sovereignty on the international stage, and Palau leaned heavily into commemorative silver issues throughout the 1990s as a primary revenue source rather than for any practical monetary purpose.