30 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Snake - Prosperity

Tuvalu's authority to issue legal tender coinage is delegated through the Perth Mint under licensing arrangements that have made the island nation a vehicle for Australian-produced bullion and collector issues since the 1990s. The Year of the Snake falls in a twelve-year Lunar cycle that last recurred in 2001, and Perth Mint lunar series pieces from this period were produced in strict mintage limits — typically under 2,500 pieces for gold issues of this weight class — to maintain collector premiums.

The .9999 fineness places this above the traditional .9167 gold standard of sovereign coinage, a specification Perth adopted aggressively in the 2000s to compete with the Royal Canadian Mint's Maple Leaf program.