One Dollar 2018 Porky Pig, Coin from Tuvalu - detailed information

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Reduced - Porky Pig 2018 Stamp and Coin Cover | The Perth Mint

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Offering a fun and affordable way to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig in 2019, featuring; LOONEY TUNES - PORKY PIG design Australian legal tender Presentation packaging Numbered certificate TM & © WBEI (s18)

Warner Bros. first cartoon superstar, PORKY PIG is perhaps he is best remembered for his famous exclamation at the close of many LOONEY TUNES shorts. Bursting through a bass drum skin, he ended the shows with: "Th-Th-The, Th-Th-The, Th-Th... That's all, folks!" LOONEY TUNES Design This coin captures the essence of the lovable character and offers a fun way to celebrate the Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig in 2019, with the design including the Chinese character for ‘pig’. Presentation Packaging & Numbered Certificate The presentation envelope portrays the adorable cartoon character in his iconic pose with the concentric rings of the LOONEY TUNES logo in the background. Featured on the envelope is an Australia Post Balloons $1 stamp from the Love to Celebrate range. An official postmark of PORKY PIG sitting on a director’s chair marks the date as 30 October 2018, a tribute to the Warner Bros short film The Case of the Stuttering Pig, starring PORKY, which was released in US theatres on 30 October 1937.

Year Date: 2018
Monetary Denomination (TVD): 1
Metal: Aluminium Bronze
Nominal Gross Weight (g): 13.50
Maximum Diameter (mm): 30.60
Maximum Thickness (mm): 3.00
Maximum Mintage: Unlimited
Legal Tender: Tuvalu Legal Tender
Effigy: Ian Rank-Broadley design of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Perth Mint Item ID: 19E78AAA
Issue price: AU$ 22.45, US$ 16.08