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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Iwo Jima
| Issuer | Government of Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, with the Queen wearing a tiara and a necklace, her truncation bearing the designer's initials IRB. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination TUVALU 5 DOLLARS appears along the lower right. Additional inscriptions in the left field read 5 OZ 9999 Ag, with the date 2020 positioned at the bottom of the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tuvalu has issued commemorative silver dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, but this oversized kilo-class piece targets the collectible military history market specifically. The subject — the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 — was photographed by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press and became arguably the most reproduced photograph of the Second World War. What is less commonly noted: the famous image captured a second flag-raising that day, staged for photographers after a smaller flag had already been planted hours earlier.