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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Gallows
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1976-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Ned Kelly GALLOWS 'SUCH IS LIFE' 11TH NOVEMBER 1880 |
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Tuvalu's commemorative dollar program has long relied on Australian minting infrastructure, and this piece — issued through the Perth Mint under Tuvalu's authority as a Commonwealth realm — targets the true crime collector market that expanded aggressively in the late 2000s. The "Gallows" designation places it within a broader series examining instruments of capital punishment, a niche that proved commercially durable enough to sustain multiple releases.
Tuvalu itself never operated a gallows; the subject matter has no local historical connection whatsoever.