Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Australia's Bull Ant
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
|---|---|
| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A naturalistically rendered and colour-applied Australian Bull Ant (Myrmecia sp.) occupies the central field, depicted in fine detail resting upon a green leaf, with additional bull ants visible in the background. The species name AUSTRALIA'S BULL ANT arcs across the upper reverse legend, while the inscription 1oz 999 SILVER appears in the lower field, attesting to the coin's bullion specification. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Part of a broader Australian wildlife series issued under Tuvalu's licensing arrangements with the Perth Mint, this coin exists because Tuvalu — a Pacific microstate with no meaningful domestic coin circulation — has long used numismatic programs as a revenue stream, a fiscal strategy formalized through its ongoing relationship with Australia. The bull ant itself, Myrmecia, is among the oldest surviving ant genera on earth, with a fossil record stretching back roughly 100 million years to Gondwana.