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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II American Bald Eagle
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2018-2019 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the neck. The legend 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper rim, while '2 DOLLARS' appears to the right and 'TUVALU' to the lower right. The specifications '2 OZ 9999 Ag' are inscribed along the lower left of the border. At the base of the portrait, a small privy mark depicting a pig is enclosed within a raised circle, indicating the Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig issue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of Perth Mint's ongoing bilateral wildlife series produced under licensing arrangements with foreign distributors, this issue was aimed squarely at the American collector and bullion market rather than domestic circulation. The bald eagle subject was a calculated commercial choice — Perth had long understood that U.S. buyers respond to familiar national iconography on foreign silver, a strategy that had already proven profitable with their various kangaroo and kookaburra crossover issues.
The four KM numbers reflect annual sub-varieties within the two-year run, likely distinguishing privy mark or finish variants rather than substantive design changes — a common Perth practice for maintaining secondary market interest.