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3 Dollars - Elizabeth II Cat
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 3 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, depicting the Queen with a tiara and wearing a necklace. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs above along the upper rim, with TUVALU and the date 2022 inscribed below the portrait. The designer's initials IRB appear beneath the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief depiction of a long-haired cat, rendered with finely engraved fur detail, standing in three-quarter view facing the observer. The background features the iconic silhouette of the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) to the left, evoking a distinctly British setting. Below the central device, a horizontal baseline separates the main design from the lower inscription. The legend 999.9 GOLD 1/25th OZ appears in the exergue above the denomination THREE DOLLARS, both inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Tuvalu's numismatic program is operated under license by the Perth Mint, which has issued a relentless stream of themed bullion and collector pieces on the nation's behalf since the 1990s. This cat entry is one of dozens in Perth's animal-series output for Tuvalu — fractional gold pieces priced for retail collectors rather than bullion investors, with mintages typically capped low enough to sustain secondary market premiums.
Elizabeth II died in September 2022, making issues from that year the last to carry her effigy under the long-running Raphael Maklouf and Ian Rank-Broadley portrait succession.