First coin issued by the Republic of Palau in 2012 belonging to new series: Squirrels Over the World. It depicts the loving Red Squirrel enriched by a black Swarovski and features antique finish quality.

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, omnivorous rodent.

In Great Britain and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years, in part because of the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America.