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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Tasmanian Devil
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | Two colour-printed Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) depicted in close-up portrait within a naturalistic rocky aperture: one animal in the lower left gazes forward while the larger individual at right displays an open mouth in a characteristic threat display. Fern fronds in engraved relief decorate the surrounding silver border. The species name TASMANIAN DEVIL appears in raised lettering on a stone-effect cartouche at the lower centre of the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of the Perth Mint's long-running Australian Lunar and wildlife series sold through Pacific island nations, this issue uses Tuvalu's issuing authority purely as a licensing arrangement — the coins have no circulation history there and were never intended to. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) was listed as endangered under Australian law in 2008, following the catastrophic spread of devil facial tumour disease, a rare transmissible cancer that had reduced wild populations by an estimated 60 to 80 percent within a decade of its first detection in 1996.