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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Osamu Tezuka
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Diameter | 60 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | OSAMU TEZUKA Debut 60th $5 ©Tezuka Productions |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Osamu Tezuka, who died in 1989, never saw his work officially commemorated on a coin during his lifetime. This 2006 Tuvaluan issue is part of a broader Perth Mint program that leveraged Tuvalu's willingness to license its monetary authority for collector coins with no intended circulation — the island nation's actual currency is the Australian dollar.
Tezuka logged an estimated 150,000 pages of manga across his career, a volume that required him to dictate scripts while receiving hospital treatment in his final months.