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500 Dollars - Elizabeth II James Bond
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Engraver(s) | IRB (Ian Rank-Broadley) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II at the top of the field, with the specifications 5oz 9999 Au arranged along the left, and the denomination 500 DOLLARS along the right. The issuer TUVALU and date 2022 appear in the lower portion of the legend. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Tuvalu's authority to issue legal tender collector coins is licensed through the Perth Mint under a longstanding arrangement with the Australian government, which administers the nation's currency affairs. The practical consequence is that these pieces, despite bearing Tuvaluan denomination, are Perth products in every meaningful sense — the .9999 gold specification and diamond setting are signatures of Perth's high-end bullion program rather than anything originating in Funafuti.
The James Bond franchise licensing for numismatic releases accelerated sharply around the period of No Time to Die's delayed release, with multiple mints competing for EON Productions contracts. This is among the heavier diamond-set gold issues in that wave.