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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Pillar coral
| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the third portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, depicting the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace with matching drop earring. The bust is draped and rendered with finely detailed hair styling. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 DOLLAR and the issuer name TUVALU are inscribed along the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tuvalu's coral pillar dollar is part of a broader Pacific conservation coinage program that gained traction in the early 2010s as several island-nation mints leveraged their issuing rights to fund marine protection awareness. The pieces were struck by the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements common to many small Pacific sovereignties whose own minting infrastructure is nonexistent.
KM#202 sees relatively modest secondary market movement despite low mintages — collector fatigue from the sheer volume of Perth-struck Pacific island commemoratives has flattened demand across the category.