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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Rabbit
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A pair of rabbits depicted in a recumbent pose, facing one another as if whispering, set beneath a large, luminous full moon in a detailed naturalistic composition referencing the Chinese Year of the Rabbit (辛卯年). The design incorporates a latent image security feature: when the coin is tilted slightly to the right, the outline of Taiwan appears in a rhombic field, and when tilted to the left, the silhouette of Yu Shan (Jade Mountain), the highest peak in Taiwan, becomes visible. The reverse lettering includes the Chinese cyclical year designation '辛卯年', the fineness '999', the weight '1 oz', and the Chinese inscription '中央造幣廠承製' identifying the Central Mint of the Republic of China as the producer. |
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| Mintage | 2011 - Proof - 47,500 |
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Tuvalu's legal tender commemorative program has long been administered through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements that allow Australia to produce coins for Pacific island nations with nominal sovereignty over the issues. The 2011 lunar rabbit piece falls squarely within that commercial framework, timed to the Chinese calendar year beginning February 3rd of that year.
Perth struck numerous lunar rabbit issues for multiple jurisdictions in 2011 — Tuvalu, Niue, and others — making precise mintage comparisons between series essential for assessing relative scarcity.