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1 Dollar - Charles III Bluebottle
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered after the portrait by Irene Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper field, while the dates 1952 – 2022 appear below the bust as a tribute to Her Majesty's reign. The denomination 1 DOLLAR and issuer TUVALU are inscribed along the right field, with the specifications 1oz, 9999, Ag, and the year 2024 distributed around the lower and left fields. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tuvalu has issued wildlife-themed bullion and collector coinage under licensing arrangements with the Perth Mint for decades, with the Australian facility handling striking, distribution, and assay guarantees on behalf of the Pacific island nation. The Bluebottle — Physalia utriculus — is technically not a jellyfish but a colonial siphonophore, a single organism composed of genetically identical but functionally specialized zooids.
Perth Mint struck this as part of a broader marine series. The .9999 fineness is characteristic of that facility's output since the 1990s, when it moved to four-nines purity to compete directly with Canadian and Austrian bullion programs.