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30 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Ox: Prosperity
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs above the effigy, while TUVALU 2021 appears in the lower field. The engraver's initials IRB are incused below the truncation of the bust. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II IRB TUVALU 2021 |
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Tuvalu's authority to issue coinage derives from its status as an independent Commonwealth realm, though the island nation — nine low-lying atolls with a population under 12,000 — generates more revenue from its .tv internet domain licensing than from any physical economy. The Perth Mint produces these issues under contract, and the Lunar series targeting Chinese-diaspora collectors has become a reliable annual revenue mechanism for several Pacific microstates operating on similar arrangements.
The 2021 Ox year holds particular resonance: the last Year of the Ox before 2021 was 2009, when gold spot sat below $1,000 USD.