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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted in right-facing profile with a diademed bust, positioned at the upper center of the field. The antiqued silver field is divided into concentric zones: a brushed outer rim bearing the legends '1 DOLLAR' at the left and 'TUVALU' at the right, with 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II' arching along the lower border and the date '2022' at the lower right, all separated by dot stops. A ring of raised pellets frames an inner guilloche-textured annulus, at the center of which sits a rotating three-dimensional gold-plated tiger figurine mounted on a spindle mechanism, displaying the hindquarters and paws of the tiger when viewed from this face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 DOLLAR TUVALU 2022 · QUEEN ELIZABETH II · |
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The lunar series issued by the Perth Mint has run continuously since 1996, cycling through the twelve-year zodiac calendar twice over. This 2022 issue marks the Year of the Tiger under the second such cycle, a program that has cultivated one of the more disciplined secondary markets in modern bullion coinage — premiums hold unusually well against spot compared to generic rounds, partly due to strict annual mintage caps enforced by the mint.
The .9999 fineness is not incidental — Perth adopted four-nines purity ahead of most sovereign mints as a deliberate competitive move against the Canadian Maple Leaf in the Asian investment market.