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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Dragon and his nine sons
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear truncated below the bust. The surrounding legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II at the top of the field, with the inscriptions 5OZ 999 SILVER and 2015 TUVALU 5 DOLLARS arranged peripherally around the portrait, all in Latin capital letters. |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays nine vividly coloured stylised heads of the dragon's sons from Chinese mythology, arranged in a dynamic composition filling the coin's face: each son is rendered in a distinct colour palette and bestial form, including a green serpentine creature, a yellow horned beast, a white dragon, a blue winged demon, a purple lion-like figure, a green armoured creature, a tiger-striped beast, a blue fanged creature, and a red phoenix-like figure. Above the composition, a large uncoloured dragon rendered in relief looms across the upper field, providing an imposing silver-toned backdrop. The legend DRAGON & HIS NINE SONS is inscribed along the lower periphery in raised Latin capitals against a stylised cloud motif. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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