Tuvaluan dollar

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Tuvaluan dollar
Country:	Tuvalu
Subdivision:	100 cents
ISO 4217 code :	TVD
Abbreviation:	$ T, TV $
Exchange rate : (August 28, 2020)	1 TVD = 1 AUD (fix) 1  EUR  = 1.6216 TVD 1 TVD = 0.61667 EUR 1  CHF  = 1.5073 TVD 1 TVD = 0.66342 CHF

The Tuvaluan dollar ( English Tuvaluan dollar ) is the currency of Tuvalu . From 1966 to 1976 the Australian dollar was the only currency in Tuvalu . In 1976 Tuvalu began minting its own coins . The denominations are 1 cent (¢), 2 ¢, 5 ¢, 10 ¢, 20 ¢, 50 ¢ and $ 1. Tuvalu does not issue its own banknotes; the Australian dollar bills are used, as the Australian dollar is also legal tender in Tuvalu.

The island nation's only issuing bank is the National Bank of Tuvalu .

Coins

Tuvaluan coins have not been minted since 1994.

value	diameter	material	1976-1994
			Obverse	reverse
1 ¢	17.5 mm	bronze	Elizabeth II	Common spider snail
2 ¢	21.6 mm		Elizabeth II	Stingrays
5 ¢	19.4 mm	Cupronickel	Elizabeth II	Tiger shark
10 ¢	23.5 mm		Elizabeth II	Red-eyed reef crab
20 ¢	28.45 mm		Elizabeth II	Flying fish
50 ¢	31.65 mm		Elizabeth II	octopus
$ 1	33 mm		Elizabeth II	Sea turtle

literature

• Krause, Chester L., Clifford M .: Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801-1991. Krause Publications, 1991, ISBN 0873411501 .