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5 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1976-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The queen's neck and shoulder are lightly draped, with her hair styled in curls beneath the crown. The circular legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND around the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials RDM truncated at the base of the bust. The design is framed by a fine dentillated border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tuvalu's coinage has been issued under the authority of the Tuvalu Monetary Authority since the island nation's independence from British administration in 1978, with the Royal Australian Mint handling production throughout most of the series. The 1994 date places this coin squarely within the period of Tuvalu's growing international financial identity — a nation that would later become better known for selling its .tv internet domain than for any physical currency.