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50 Dollars Baroque Dresden
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF PALAU 50 DOLLARS |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Palau has operated as a prolific issuer of large-format collector silver since the early 2000s, producing themed series under licensing arrangements that have little connection to the island nation's own history or economy. The Dresden Baroque series targets the European collector market directly, capitalizing on Saxony's reputation as one of the great centers of Baroque art and architecture under Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony from 1694.
At one kilogram and 100mm across, these pieces were produced by a contracted European mint — almost certainly the Berne or a comparable facility — rather than any Palauan minting infrastructure, which does not exist.