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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Rhine
| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | A colorfully applied scene depicting a modern river cruise vessel sailing the Rhine River in the central field, rendered in high relief with the hull and superstructure detailed in frosted silver. The background features a vivid polychrome application showing a medieval hilltop castle with pointed turrets to the left, terraced vineyards and forested slopes in the centre, and a Romanesque church tower to the right beneath a dramatic twilight sky. The lower field displays stylized engraved wave forms. The legend RHINE arcs across the upper periphery, with GREAT RIVER JOURNEYS inscribed in two lines across the lower field. The Perth Mint's P mintmark appears in the upper left of the inner field. |
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| Reverse lettering | RHINE P GREAT RIVER JOURNEYS |
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Tuvalu's commemorative dollar program, administered through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements with the Pobjoy Mint and later other producers, expanded aggressively in the 2000s as the island nation leveraged its numismatic authority — one of its few exportable revenue streams alongside the famously lucrative .tv internet domain. The Rhine issue belongs to a river-themed series, though Tuvalu has no geographic or historical connection to the Rhine whatsoever; the series existed purely as a collector vehicle.
Mintage figures for Perth-produced Tuvaluan commemoratives of this period were typically capped at or below 5,000 pieces, though precise figures for KM#104 are not uniformly documented across major references.