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5 Dollars Year of the Pig
| Issuer | Palau |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A gold-plated effigy of a young pig rendered in high relief occupies the central field, depicted seated three-quarters facing on a bed of straw, with fine naturalistic detail on the animal's skin and ears. To the left of the pig, the Chinese character 猪 (pig) is inscribed in the field. The border is composed of an ornate decorative band combining interlocking geometric meander and circular motifs in an East Asian style. The legend YEAR OF THE PIG arcs along the upper border, and the date 2019 appears at the base of the field. |
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Palau's bullion and commemorative silver programs are licensed through a network of private mints and distributors — the government lends its issuing authority, but design, production, and sales are typically handled entirely outside the islands. The 2019 Lunar Pig issue sits in a crowded field of competing Pacific-nation silver releases targeting the same collector base, most sharing identical technical specifications down to the troy ounce weight.
The Gregorian year 2019 corresponded to the Year of the Pig beginning in February, making late-2018 and early-2019 the commercial window these pieces were engineered to fill.