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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Henry Morgan
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#100 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, depicted in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait style, with a pearl drop earring and necklace visible. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 DOLLAR and the issuer TUVALU are inscribed to the left and lower field respectively, with the date 2009 to the right. The designer's initials RDN appear below the portrait truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Henry Morgan operated under letters of marque from the English Crown during the 1660s and 1670s, which technically made him a privateer rather than a pirate — a distinction that saved his neck after the 1671 sack of Panama City, one of the most audacious raids in Caribbean history. Rather than hang, he was knighted by Charles II and appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in 1674.
This piece belongs to Tuvalu's Pirates of the Caribbean series, a Royal Australian Mint program issued under the Australian Monetary Agreement that permits Tuvalu to produce legal tender coinage.