Silver Half Kilo 2018 Big Pirate Skull, Coin from Palau - detailed information

The Republic of Palau is an island country in the western Pacific, in free association with the United States. In one way or another, the country has been under US administration since it was established, and has never had its own separate currency - it has always used the US Dollar. However, Palau allows some foreign mints to issue coins under its authority; these are denominated in US Dollars but are only legal tender in Palau, so can in a way be considered to be in "Palau Dollars", even though such a currency does not officially exist.

The coins are usually dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to the country itself. Some of them are in the large half kilogram (500g) of silver format.

This coin is the part of the specially shaped Skulls collection by CIT.

The Mint says about it:
CIT is well known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to producing novel coins that require new techniques of uncharted territory. The Big Skull introduced at ANA 2017 certainly fit that bill, but unforeseen production challenges delayed delivery for months. Now the second iteration of the Big Skull presented in 2018 benefits from the lessons learned and is ready for delivery. Production technology was perfected to create an astounding huge Pirate Skull coin weighing a hefty half-kilo and displaying an unbelievably high relief.