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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Mother
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A dignified three-quarter portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother facing left, wearing a tiara, drop earrings, a pearl necklace, and a formal gown with decorative epaulette detail, set against a plain field. The commemorative legend 80TH BIRTHDAY OF H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER curves along the upper periphery. Below the effigy, the date and denomination appear as ·1980 TUVALU $10·, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This coin was struck to mark the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, celebrated in August 1980 with considerable public fanfare across the Commonwealth. Tuvalu had gained independence only two years earlier, in 1978, and commemorative silver issues of this kind were partly a means of generating revenue for a microstate with virtually no domestic economic base beyond fishing licenses and foreign aid.
The .500 fineness is worth noting — not a collector-grade silver standard, but a deliberate cost-reduction choice common to Commonwealth commemoratives of this period from smaller Pacific island issuers.