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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Lacemaker
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | Full-color reproduction of Johannes Vermeer's oil painting 'The Lacemaker' (c. 1669–1670), housed in the Louvre, Paris, occupying the entire square field of the reverse. The image depicts a young woman in a yellow and white garment seated at a table, intently focused on her lacework, rendered with the luminous realism characteristic of the Dutch Golden Age master. A decorative milled border with a repeating foliate pattern frames the colored insert along all four sides. The Louvre logotype appears in the lower portion of the field, accompanied by the copyright attribution legend below. |
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| Mintage | 2009 - Proof - 1,000 |
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The Lacemaker was painted by Vermeer around 1669–1670 and is among the smallest canvases he produced — now held in the Louvre. Tuvalu's use of it here is purely commercial: the island nation has operated a coin-issuing program since the 1970s largely as a revenue mechanism, with no domestic circulation intended for issues of this type. The fine silver bullion format was common across Pacific island issuers during this period, driven by collector demand rather than any monetary function.