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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Three-Legged Money Toad
| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, while TUVALU 1 DOLLAR is inscribed along the lower right. Purity and weight specifications Ag 9999 1oz appear on the left field, and the date 2018 is positioned at the lower left. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a frosted field, consistent with a reverse proof finish. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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The three-legged toad — or Chan Chu — is among the most persistent symbols in Chinese folk belief, associated with wealth attraction and the lunar cycle. Tuvalu has issued a long-running series of coins drawing on Chinese cultural iconography, targeting the Southeast Asian and Chinese-diaspora collector market, where demand for auspicious imagery on bullion-adjacent silver rounds remains strong. The series has no meaningful connection to Tuvaluan culture; it is frankly a licensing and revenue arrangement.
KM#403 is struck in four-nines fine silver, a purity step above the traditional .999 standard adopted by most sovereign mints after 2010.