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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Osamu Tezuka
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length polychrome colour-printed image of Astro Boy (Atom), the iconic robot character created by manga artist Osamu Tezuka, depicted standing confidently atop a globe of the Earth while holding a staff, wearing his characteristic red cape and boots, with planets and a starfield filling the background. The legend ATOM DEBUT 60TH ANNIVERSARY arcs around the upper periphery in gold lettering on a banner. The denomination $50 appears in the lower field, accompanied by the copyright notice ©Tezuka Productions. The entire central design is rendered in vivid applied colour, framed by a reeded border with decorative star elements. |
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Osamu Tezuka died in 1989, and by 2011 his estate had become an aggressive licensor of his image and characters across commercial products throughout Asia and the Pacific. This coin is part of that licensing apparatus — Tuvalu's mint program has long functioned as a revenue vehicle rather than a reflection of domestic monetary need, with the island's actual GDP making a $50 face value coin an abstraction.