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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Honorary degree for the Queen Mother
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSIC 1973 FIVE DOLLARS |
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In 1997, the University of London conferred an honorary degree on Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother — one of dozens of such honors accumulated over her long public life, and not an event that generated particular numismatic pressure on its own. Tuvalu's decision to commemorate it reflects the Pacific nation's reliance on commemorative coinage as a revenue stream rather than any deep constitutional connection to the occasion. These issues were struck for the collector market and saw no meaningful circulation.