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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II IJN Yamato
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | Full color depiction of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato underway at sea, rendered in detailed polychrome enamel against the coin's silver field. The vessel is shown in profile, displaying its distinctive triple-gun main turrets and superstructure. Below the ship, a decorative drum-like circular design element frames the scene. The legend 'IJN YAMATO' appears in the field, along with the ship's length designation '263 m' and the mint mark 'JG'. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Yamato was sunk on April 7, 1945, during Operation Ten-Go — a suicide mission with fuel enough for a one-way trip to Okinawa. She took roughly 2,498 men down with her. Tuvalu's extended series of military vessel commemoratives, issued through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements common to many Pacific island nations with negligible defense budgets, used the Yamato repeatedly as a marquee subject given the ship's enduring cultural weight in Japan — the primary collector market these coins were designed to reach.