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50 Dollars Caiman
| Uitgever | Republic of Palau |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 2024 |
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| Vorm | Round |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A dramatically composed close-up portrait of a caiman's head fills the entire field in exceptionally high sculptural relief, rendered with meticulous naturalistic detail showing the reptile's heavily textured, scaly skin. The caiman faces the viewer directly, its powerful jaws slightly parted to reveal protruding interlocking teeth rendered in sharp relief. The eyes are strikingly highlighted with amber-yellow coloring, providing a vivid contrast against the overall obsidian black finish and lending an intense, predatory expression to the portrait. The date 2024 is inscribed in small characters along the lower rim beneath the caiman's jaw. |
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| Rand | Reeded |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Palau has operated as a prolific issuer of commemorative coinage since the late 1990s, leveraging licensing agreements with private minting houses — primarily in Europe — to produce collector pieces that have no practical circulation function. The caiman issue sits in that commercial pipeline, struck to order for the numismatic market rather than arising from any domestic monetary need.
The 1-kilogram format in .9999 silver is a standard vehicle for this segment of the market. What matters to prospective buyers is provenance from the issuing authority and capsule integrity — edge and field preservation on coins this size degrades quickly without it.