Part of a series of Australian-market collector issues struck by the Perth Mint on behalf of Tuvalu — a Pacific microstate with a population under 12,000 that has leveraged its currency-issuing rights into a substantial numismatic export program since the 1990s. The arrangement generates meaningful government revenue for an island nation with virtually no other exportable industry beyond fishing licenses and, famously, its .tv internet domain.
Part of a series of Australian-market collector issues struck by the Perth Mint on behalf of Tuvalu — a Pacific microstate with a population under 12,000 that has leveraged its currency-issuing rights into a substantial numismatic export program since the 1990s. The arrangement generates meaningful government revenue for an island nation with virtually no other exportable industry beyond fishing licenses and, famously, its .tv internet domain.