Tuvalu Coins

[Triggersmob]

I look forward to doing and learning Canada and New Zealand coins

Nice choices. New Zealand doesn't have any commemorative coins yet (first one due for release soon), but Canada has some real nice coins.

[triplewitch]

Canada doesn't make it easy to get their circulating commemoratives. In the last few years they have been issuing circulating commemoratives that are available in Canada only.  They're not available from the Royal Canadian Mint until they package them in one of their sets, if ever.  You have to go through a Canadian dealer to get them in any quantity.  Some other issues are available to Canada and US only, and similarly, you have to go through a dealer or have a Canadian contact to obtain them otherwise.

[Nevol]

New Zealand doesn't have any commemorative coins yet (first one due for release soon), but Canada has some real nice coins.

Were all the 50c and $1 from 1994 onwards that can be seen here http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Newzealand_all.php made for circulation?

[Triggersmob]

New Zealand doesn't have any commemorative coins yet (first one due for release soon), but Canada has some real nice coins.

Were all the 50c and $1 from 1994 onwards that can be seen here http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Newzealand_all.php made for circulation?

Thanks for the link Nancy. Some nice coins there.
I was under the impression that New Zealand was releasing it's first commemorative coin this month, so I don't think those coins are for circulation.
https://coins.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2015/1915-spirit-anzac

[Nevol]

Info re The NZ Mint here: http://www.nzmint.com/about

I think they've been churning out Grannie Bait for a looong time. The first 1½ lines says it all really.

[Oldcoinchest]

New Zealand doesn't have any commemorative coins yet (first one due for release soon), but Canada has some real nice coins.

Were all the 50c and $1 from 1994 onwards that can be seen here http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Newzealand_all.php made for circulation?

Thanks for the link Nancy. Some nice coins there.
I was under the impression that New Zealand was releasing it's first commemorative coin this month, so I don't think those coins are for circulation.
https://coins.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2015/1915-spirit-anzac

I thought I was just the first coloured commemorative coin? im not sure. all I know now is that I have 2 rolls and 20 individual coins on there way. Cant wait to see them in the flesh, they look pretty cool.

[Goldseeker]

Talking Tuvalu coins, I received a couple of Tuvalu PNC's some time ago and I have since informed Aust Post no more PNC's that contain Tuvalu coins.

[Oldcoinchest]

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Talking Tuvalu coins, I received a couple of Tuvalu PNC's some time ago and I have since informed Aust Post no more PNC's that contain Tuvalu coins.

might be the truth. This is the last one I know of

[JeffH]

If you are ever planning a trip to Tuvalu don't bother ordering currency. Australian currency is legal tender there.
Also, don't depend on using credit/debit cards -you will be disappointed to find out businesses don't have the facility and ATMs don't exist (unless things have changed recently).
From Wikipedia "The dollar is the currency of Tuvalu. From 1966 to 1976, Tuvalu officially used the Australian dollar. In 1976, Tuvalu began issuing its own coins for circulation, although these circulate alongside Australian coins and Tuvalu continues to use Australian banknotes. Similar to the Faroese króna's relationship to the Danish krone, the Tuvaluan dollar is not an independent currency, but a variation of the Australian Dollar.
There is no central monetary institution or central bank in Tuvalu. The National Bank of Tuvalu {very restricted opening hours  but they may provide cash on cards for a very high fee, poor exchange rate and restrictive daily limit }performs some monetary functions for the government of Tuvalu including the holding of government accounts and foreign assets.
Other currencies used in Tuvalu have been the Pound Sterling, prior to the introduction of the Australian dollar, as well as the US dollar, during the World War II American occupation of the islands. Gilbert and Ellice Islands banknotes have also been used on in Tuvalu, These notes were cashier's cheques backed in Pounds rather than an official, independent currency."

Similar story in Kirabati and New Zealand dollars can be used in Nauru, Pitcairn Island, Niue, the Ross Dependency, and Tokelau.

Hobbit coins are legal tender in new Zealand but I don't recommend you spend them in shops.

[duggee27]

this is Funafuti, the main island of tuvalu



jeffh : you are correct , thats how it was back in 2005 when i had over 2 weeks here. mind you there was nothing really to spend money on. we were aware that cash was the only way. those days to have over $1500 cash on you was stressful, not so now

my old boss, a licensed builder and TAFE teacher, got a contract through OZAID to lecture on quantity and estimating for building construction. so i tagged along to assist in class.
one of the better things i have done. the people were great and to understand their problems of politics(internal and external), population stress on infrastructure /or lack of, jobs, drinking water, food supply, threat of rising sea levels or sinking atoll etc

[interest]

Just finished researching Tuvalu coins and have crunched some numbers to come up with what I think is interesting info at this current point in time.

There are 324 different legal tender coins,
230 silver, 49 gold, 44 base metal and 1 platinum
There are 51 coin sets,
33 silver, 9 gold and 9 base metal
2010 was the saw the most coins come out with 46 coins (7 sets)
41 silver, 4 gold and 1 base metal

Maybe not that interesting but some figures that I didn't know.