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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Governor Arthur Phillip
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a combined relief and full-colour enamelled composition commemorating Arthur Phillip as first Governor of New South Wales. To the left, a raised silver effigy of Governor Phillip in period naval dress uniform faces three-quarters right. In the coloured central field, a scene depicts the planting of the British Union Jack flag on Australian soil in 1788, with red-coated soldiers, a bugler, and a naval officer in blue uniform, a sailing vessel visible in the background. A decorative anchor chain rendered in relief curves along the lower border of the field. The arcing legend GOVERNOR ARTHUR PHILLIP runs along the upper rim, with the date range 1788-1792 inscribed in the lower central field. |
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| Mintage | 2008 - Proof - 1,808 |
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Arthur Phillip commanded the First Fleet of eleven ships that departed Portsmouth in May 1787, arriving at Botany Bay in January 1788 before Phillip deemed the site unsuitable and moved the settlement north to Sydney Cove. He governed the struggling colony through its most desperate years — near-starvation, convict unrest, and near-total reliance on resupply ships that repeatedly failed to arrive — before ill health forced his return to England in 1792. Tuvalu's role here is purely fiscal; the islands have long licensed their sovereignty to fund commemorative programs with no domestic circulation intended.