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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Type 97 Chi-Ha
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicting the third definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem. The sovereign's truncated bust is shown in fine relief against a plain field. The legend encircling the design reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II above and TUVALU 2010 below, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR also present in the inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR TUVALU 2010 |
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The Type 97 Chi-Ha was Japan's most widely produced medium tank of the Second World War, seeing action from the invasion of China through the Pacific campaigns — and increasingly outmatched by Allied armor as the war progressed. Tuvalu's 2010 bullion and collector series drew on this Pacific theatre connection, as the islands themselves were occupied by Japanese forces in 1942 before being retaken by Allied troops later that year.