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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Athena
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2015 - - 2,000 |
| Additional information |
Tuvalu's numismatic program has been administered largely through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements that allow the island nation — with a population under 12,000 and no mint of its own — to issue an enormous volume of collector silver. This Athena piece is one of dozens of themed issues produced under that framework in the mid-2010s, a period when the Perth Mint was aggressively expanding its bullion and collector coin output for Pacific island issuers.
The two-troy-ounce format places it firmly in the larger-format collector series rather than anything approaching circulation issue.