Seal of Palau

The Seal of Palau depicts a traditional meeting center. The executive seal, used by overseas missions and by the nation's president, is also of a similar design.

Seal of Palau
Armiger	Republic of Palau
Shield	a disk shows the traditional bai, a meeting-house, stands on sixteen stones and the flag on the flagstaff with the Name of the Emblem itself: "OFFICIAL SEAL" and the year "1981" under the stones
Motto	Olbiil era Kelulau The House of the whispered decisions Republic of Palau
Other elements	the Bai is surrounded by two names: in above, the Name of the National Congress of Palau, known as: "OLBIIL ERA KELULAU" (In Palauan for, "THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERED DECISIONS") and the Name of the State in below

The seal also resembles the seal of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the governing body which formerly controlled Palau.

Historical coats of arms

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  Coat of arms of Spain, until 1899
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  Coat of arms of the German Empire, 1899–1914
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  Proposed arms of German New Guinea, 1914
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  Emblem of Imperial Japan, 1914–1944
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  Emblem of the South Seas Mandate
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  Coat of arms of the United States, 1944–1981
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  Emblem of the United Nations, 1947–1965
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  Emblem of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1965–1980