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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Phoenix
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Thickness | 6 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II IRB 2oz 9999 Ag 2018 TUVALU 2 DOLLARS |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Tuvalu's legal tender coinage has long been a vehicle for the Perth Mint's bullion and collector programs — the island nation itself has no independent mint and delegates production entirely to Australia. This two-ounce silver piece is part of that commercial arrangement rather than any domestic monetary need, issued under Tuvaluan authority principally because it allows Perth to produce coins outside the Australian legal tender framework.
The phoenix motif places this within a recurring Perth Mint thematic series targeting East Asian collector markets, where the bird carries deep cultural resonance across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean traditions.