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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Yellow Sponge
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2011 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Tuvalu's novelty coin program, administered through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements, produced a run of species-themed issues in the early 2010s aimed squarely at the collector market. The yellow sponge — a marine invertebrate common to Indo-Pacific reef systems surrounding the Tuvaluan atolls — gave the series a degree of geographic relevance that many such programs lack. Mintage on these Perth-struck collector pieces was tightly capped, and secondary market attrition is low given that virtually none entered circulation.