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[[Image:SA43-1628.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1628]] | [[Image:SA43-1628.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1628]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1628 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $600. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "TUVALU: Elizabeth II, 1952, AV 25 dollars, 2016-P, 1/4 oz .9999 pure gold, struck at Perth Mint, Pearl Harbor, PCGS graded PF70 Deep Cameo." [[Tuvalu]] is a Pacific island nation within the British Commonwealth. It was known as the Ellice Islands before independence in 1978. The islands were used as a staging area for US forces during attacks on the Japanese occupied Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) during World War Two. Today, the population is about 10,000 and the major economic activity is processing frozen fish and remittances from Tuvaluans who work as merchant seamen. The Tuvaluan dollar is pegged to the Australian dollar. The last coinage for local circulation was struck in 1985, so locals probably use Australian or New Zealand coins for ordinary transactions | + | This specimen was lot 1628 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $600. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "TUVALU: Elizabeth II, 1952, AV 25 dollars, 2016-P, 1/4 oz .9999 pure gold, struck at Perth Mint, Pearl Harbor, PCGS graded PF70 Deep Cameo." [[Tuvalu]] is a Pacific island nation within the British Commonwealth. It was known as the Ellice Islands before independence in 1978. The islands were used as a staging area for US forces during attacks on the Japanese occupied Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) during World War Two. Today, the population is about 10,000 and the major economic activity is processing frozen fish and remittances from Tuvaluans who work as merchant seamen. The Tuvaluan dollar is pegged to the Australian dollar. The last coinage for local circulation was struck in 1985, so locals probably use Australian or New Zealand coins for ordinary transactions. |
| − | ''Recorded mintage:'' | + | ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,000. |
''Specification:'' 7.77 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW. | ''Specification:'' 7.77 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW. | ||
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* [[Tuvalu 2016-P 15 dollars|2016-P 15 dollars, attack on Pearl Harbor]] | * [[Tuvalu 2016-P 15 dollars|2016-P 15 dollars, attack on Pearl Harbor]] | ||
* [[Tuvalu 2016-P 100 dollars|2016-P 100 dollars, attack on Pearl Harbor]] | * [[Tuvalu 2016-P 100 dollars|2016-P 100 dollars, attack on Pearl Harbor]] | ||
| − | * [[Tuvalu 2018 5 dollars|2018 5 dollars, dragon and fiery pearl]] | + | * [[Tuvalu 2017 2 dollars KM-389|2017 2 dollars, dragon and pearl, 2 oz silver]] |
| + | * [[Tuvalu 2018 5 dollars|2018 5 dollars, dragon and fiery pearl, 5 oz silver]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 2016]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 2016]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 43]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 43]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:36, 4 October 2025
This specimen was lot 1628 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUVALU: Elizabeth II, 1952, AV 25 dollars, 2016-P, 1/4 oz .9999 pure gold, struck at Perth Mint, Pearl Harbor, PCGS graded PF70 Deep Cameo." Tuvalu is a Pacific island nation within the British Commonwealth. It was known as the Ellice Islands before independence in 1978. The islands were used as a staging area for US forces during attacks on the Japanese occupied Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) during World War Two. Today, the population is about 10,000 and the major economic activity is processing frozen fish and remittances from Tuvaluans who work as merchant seamen. The Tuvaluan dollar is pegged to the Australian dollar. The last coinage for local circulation was struck in 1985, so locals probably use Australian or New Zealand coins for ordinary transactions.
Recorded mintage: 1,000.
Specification: 7.77 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM-374.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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