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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Ocean Fairy
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The Queen is depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The surrounding legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II along the upper rim, with 1/2 OZ 999 SILVER to the left and 50 CENTS to the right, and 2016 TUVALU along the lower rim. |
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| Mintage | 2016 P - Proof - 5,000 |
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Tuvalu's coinage authority has long licensed its name to the Perth Mint for themed collector series, a revenue arrangement that suits a nation of roughly 11,000 people with no domestic mint and limited fiscal options. This piece belongs to that commercial pipeline rather than any monetary history worth excavating.
KM#301 is a bullion-adjacent commemorative with a mintage controlled by market demand at time of issue — not a coin that entered circulation or addressed any monetary need.