2023 Issue 30 Merry Christmas Stamp & Coloured $1 Tuvalu Coin PNC

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2023 Issue 30 Merry Christmas Stamp & Coloured $1 Tuvalu Coin PNC

The Perth Mint and Australia Post are pleased to present this stamp and coin cover which features a colourful 
Christmas coin.
Christmas is a time for festive gatherings with family and friends, and for decorating our homes with Christmas 
trees, large or small. In the case of individuals kept apart by distance, it is an opportunity to connect in other 
ways, including sending greeting cards through the mail. For children, and also perhaps for those young at heart, 
letters are sent to Santa at this time of year, in the hope that upon making in onto the “nice” list exciting presents 
will arrive on Christmas Day!
Issued as Tuvalu legal tender, the uncirculated aluminium bronze coin is housed in a beautifully designed card 
with a circular window revealing the coin’s reverse and obverse designs

The coin portrays an imaginary scene featuring a red letterbox with 
Santa’s initials and Christmas post. Including stylised impressions of 
snow, Australian wattle, and fairy lights, the artistry includes the 
inscription ‘Merry Christmas’ and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.
 
The obverse of the coin bears the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her 
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II supplemented by the dates of her reign 
‘1952-2022’, the 2023 year-date and the monetary denomination.