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5 Dollars Year of the Dragon: Playing Ball, gilded
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Rectangular flan with a mirror-proof black field enclosed by a decorative Greek-key meander border in the coin's outer frame. The principal design features two imposing gilt Chinese dragons rendered in bold high relief with selective gold gilding applied to their scaled bodies, claws, and horned heads. The two dragons face each other in dynamic, sinuous poses, each coiled across opposing sides of the field, their heads converging at the centre. Between the dragons, at the focal point of the composition, is an inlaid circular red crystal representing the flaming pearl or dragon ball, bezel-set into the coin's surface. The date 2012 is inscribed in the lower central field in raised Latin numerals. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Palau's collector coin program has been prolific to the point of controversy among serious numismatists — the island nation issues dozens of themed pieces annually with no domestic circulation intent, produced entirely for the international novelty market. This gilded dragon piece is squarely in that tradition. KM#639 was struck by a contracted European mint, almost certainly B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich, which handled the bulk of Palau's commemorative output during this period.