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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Frédéric Chopin
| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Thickness | 4.0 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed right-facing portrait bust of the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin occupies the left portion of the field, rendered in high sculptural relief with flowing hair. Overlapping the bust at centre is a large treble clef, and to the right a segment of musical staff with handwritten-style notation fills the background field. The engraver's initials RV appear at lower left, and the Perth Mint's P mintmark is situated at centre right. The curved legend FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN and the composer's life dates 1810 – 1849 are inscribed along the right periphery. |
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Tuvalu's numismatic program has long operated as a revenue mechanism — the island nation's actual currency needs are minimal, and commemorative silver issues like this one are produced almost entirely for export to collector markets. The Chopin subject places this coin within a broader wave of Polish cultural commemoratives issued globally around 2010, the bicentenary of the composer's birth, with mints and licensing bodies worldwide rushing to capitalize on the anniversary.
Chopin died in Paris in 1849, and the question of where his remains belonged provoked immediate dispute — his body was buried in France, but his heart was removed and interred in Warsaw.