Silver Five Ounces 2023 The Black Flag Fleet - Fancy, Coin from Tuvalu - detailed information

Silver Five Ounces 2023 The Black Flag Fleet - Fancy, Coin from Tuvalu
CoinSilver Five Ounces 2023 The Black Flag Fleet - Fancy

The Tuvaluan Dollar is the currency of Tuvalu - a small nation in the Pacific Ocean. Tuvalu has never had banknotes of its own, and has been issuing coins since 1976; these circulate together with coins of the Australian Dollar, which is also legal tender in the country, and to which the Tuvaluan Dollar is pegged.

The Australian Perth Mint issues a large variety of non-circulating legal tender coins under the authority of Tuvalu. Some of these are in the silver five-ounce format (abbreviated as 5 oz). Strictly speaking, they are not bullion as they are priced at a premium and are targeted at collectors who appreciate them for their artistic merit and collectable value and not just for their precious metal content.

This design is the fifth release in the popular pirate-themed Black Flag series of premium bullion coins, and features the pirate ship Fancy.

Fancy was initially a 46-gun privateer named Charles II - after Charles II of Spain - in Spanish service. It was anchored at A Coruña in Spain when on 7 May 1694 Henry Every and a few other conspirators organised and carried out a successful mutiny and, setting the captain ashore, left port for the Cape of Good Hope. At this time, Charles II was renamed Fancy. After an overhaul, Fancy became one of the fastest ships active in the Indian Ocean, and Every used this speed to attack and take a French pirate ship, looting the vessel and recruiting approximately 40 of the crew to his own ship, leaving him with a total complement of around 150.

Every's career ended when the crew returned to Nassau in April 1696, in the Bahamas. He returned to Britain aboard the sloop Sea Flower, arriving in Ireland in June 1696 and promptly disappearing. Although the fate of Fancy is unknown, it was rumored that Every gave her to the governor of Nassau as a bribe. There is supporting documentary evidence that Fancy ran aground on New Providence and Governor Trott had the guns and everything of value stripped.

MintPerth Mint Mint MarkLetter P Total Mintage 500
Obverse
Tuvalu / Silver Five Ounces 2023 The Black Flag Fleet - Fancy - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the value: QUEEN ELIZABETH II 5oz 9999 Ag 2023 TUVALU 5 DOLLARS.

The inscription around the rim also incorporates the precious metal content: five troy ounces of 99.99% silver (Ag is abbreviated from Argentum, the Latin word for silver).

Below the portrait are the dates of the Queen's reign, 1952 - 2022.

The portrait of the Queen has a mirror finish; the rest of the surface is frosted.

Obverse Inscription QUEEN ELIZABETH II 5oz 9999 Ag 2023 TUVALU 5 DOLLARS
Reverse
Tuvalu / Silver Five Ounces 2023 The Black Flag Fleet - Fancy - reverse photo

The reverse of the coin shows a representation of the Fancy pirate ship, with another ship in the background. On the deck of the Fancy, chests overflowing with coins and jewels representing loot. The outline of a skull is visible in the sky in the background.

Above left, the inscription FANCY. Separated from this by two skull-and-bones motifs, around below BLACK FLAG: HENRY EVERY 5oz .9999 Ag (Ag is abbreviated from Argentum, the Latin word for silver).

The Perth Mint's P mint mark is on the right. The designer's initials LB (for Lucas Bowers) are below left on the hull of the ship, above the FL in FLAG.

Reverse Inscription FANCY BLACK FLAG: HENRY EVERY 5oz .9999 Ag
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Notes

Silver Content (Troy oz): 5.000
Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated, frosted surfaces.
Packaging: in a protective plastic capsule.

The coin was issued during the reign of King Charles III; however, as there was no portrait of the king approved for use in Tuvalu yet, the obverse of the coin portrays a "Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse" with the dates of her reign - "1952 - 2022".

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Silver Five Ounces 2023 The Black Flag Fleet - Fancy: Details
CountryTuvalu
CurrencyTuvaluan Dollar
Coin TypeSilver Five Ounces (5 oz)
Issued2023
MonarchKing Charles III
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Face Value5 (x Dollar)
Total Mintage500
CurrentYes
Material0.9999 Silver
DesignerLucas Bowers
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size60.6000 mm
Thickness7.200 mm
Mass155.5330 g
OCC IDNXYD-ENZC-MWKP-EVRB
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