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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Goat
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted in the fourth definitive portrait style, wearing the George IV State Diadem and pearl drop earrings. The truncation of the bust is visible at the base of the design. A beaded inner border frames the field, with the circular legend reading 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 2003 · TUVALU · TWO DOLLARS ·' distributed around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 2003 · TUVALU · TWO DOLLARS · |
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Tuvalu's lunar series issues from this period were struck by the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements that allowed the tiny Polynesian nation — with a population under 10,000 and no mint of its own — to generate meaningful revenue from collector coinage. The 2003 Goat corresponds to the fourth animal in the twelve-year Chinese zodiac cycle as reckoned from Perth Mint's series starting point, and these issues sold heavily into Southeast Asian and Australian Chinese-diaspora collector markets.
KM#173 was struck to a maximum mintage of 10,000 pieces.