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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Dog: Wealth
| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, while TUVALU 1 DOLLAR is inscribed along the lower right. The coin's weight, fineness, and date — 1 oz 9999 Ag 2018 — are distributed around the left field, all rendered against a polished proof mirror field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Part of a broader wave of Chinese lunar issues produced for the Pacific island collector market in the 2010s, this coin was struck by the Perth Mint on behalf of Tuvalu — a nation whose coin program exists almost entirely as a licensing arrangement rather than a functioning monetary system. The "Wealth" attribution follows the traditional association of the Dog year with loyalty and prosperity in the Chinese zodiac cycle, a framing that sells well in Southeast Asian collector markets.