Silver Ounce 2025 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Splinter, Coin from Tuvalu - detailed information

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 ounce format (abbreviated as 1 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 coin is part of a Perth Mint series released to mark the 40th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons, and features Splinter.

The mint says about it:
Once known as Hamato Yoshi, Splinter is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ sensei, or ninjutsu teacher. Exposed to the same mutagenic ooze that transformed the TMNT into crime-fighting heroes, he is also the brothers’ adoptive father.

Splinter coaches his protégés in patience, discipline, and morality while being a formidable martial arts master himself. His strength, agility, and fiercely protective nature never fail in the face of danger.