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| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II IRB 2oz 9999 SILVER 2017 TUVALU 2 DOLLARS |
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| Mintage | 2017 P - Antiqued - 2,000 |
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Tuvalu's numismatic program has long been operated in partnership with the Perth Mint, which produces the vast majority of the nation's commemorative silver issues under licensing arrangements that funnel revenue back to the government — a meaningful income stream for a Pacific microstate with a GDP heavily dependent on the lease of its ".tv" internet country-code domain. Freya issues of this type typically draw from Norse mythology's growing commercial appeal in the bullion collector market of the 2010s.
The .9999 fineness places it among Perth Mint's higher-purity silver rounds rather than standard coin silver.