Five Dollars Silver 2013 Nanga Parbat, Coin from Palau - detailed information

This coin was issued in Palau.

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This coin is part of the "Mountains and Flora" series of over 60 coins released between 2009 and 2016. Throughout the series, which showcases the world’s most famous mountains, the successful initial design has been treated very conservatively - a mountain range in detailed relief in the background supplemented by a coloured native plant in the right-hand foreground. Not even the series name or placement of the issuing year have changed, making coins of this series highly recognisable and the entire set a beautiful homogeneous collection.

Several mini-series such as the "7 Summits" and the "Second 7 Summits", as well as several anniversary issues present popular approaches for collectors to get started with the Mountains and Flora series.

The series concluded in 2016 with the release of Mount Cook and Jungfrau. It is the most comprehensive coin collection of the world’s highest mountains ever minted.

Nanga Parbat – CIT Coin Invest AG
The Mint says about this coin:

Translated from Sanskrit, Nanga Parbat means «naked mountain». It is also known as Diamir, «King of the mountains», and is located in the Pakistani part of the controversial region Kashmir in the Himalayas. It is 8125 m high. The Nanga Parbat is therefore the ninth highest mountain on earth. It took a long time before the Tyrolean Hermann Buhl first climbed the Nanga Parbat on July 3rd, 1953. In the 1930s several German expeditions failed in their attempt to conquer the peak. More than a dozen of the best German mountaineers lost their lives during their attempt. Consequently, Nazi Propaganda stylized the Nanga Parbat as the «Fateful Mountain of the Germans». In 1970 the South Tyrolean brothers Günther and Reinhold Messner were the first to ascend the South Rupal Face which, with its approx. 4500 m, is the highest mountain face on earth. From the summit they descended on the west side. Therefore, they succeeded in achieving the first traverse of the Nanga Parbat and the second traverse of an eightthousander ever. During this descent a tragedy occurred, in which Günther Messner lost his life. more
CIT Item ID: 26459
Country: Palau
Date of issue: 2013
Denomination: 5 Dollars
Material: Silver .925
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2500 pcs