1 Dollar Sea Turtle

Palau began issuing dollar coins almost immediately after establishing its own currency following the Compact of Free Association with the United States, which came into full effect in 1994. The marine conservation series, of which this piece is a part, was produced largely for the collector market — Palau has no meaningful domestic coin circulation, and these issues were sold directly to overseas buyers and numismatic distributors from the outset.

KM#30 is copper-nickel rather than silver, placing it in the more affordable tier of the series.