5 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait

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.