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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II HMS Dolphin
| Issuer | Government of Tokelau |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ~ ELIZABETH II ~ TOKELAU 2012 ~ IRB FIVE DOLLARS |
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HMS Dolphin made two Pacific voyages of note — Samuel Wallis commanded the second in 1767, during which the crew made European first contact with Tahiti. Tokelau fell within the broader sweep of British Pacific exploration from this period, though the atolls themselves were not formally brought under British administration until 1877, a full century later. The Dolphin series from Tokelau commemorates these exploratory links, issued as part of a broader run of numismatic releases the territory began producing after 2010 to generate revenue — Tokelau has no taxation system and relies heavily on such programs.