In 2008 the Perth Mint released a very Limited Issue Deadly and Dangerous Blue Ringed Octopus $1 One Dollar Silver Proof Coin struck in solid fine .999 Silver and weighing one ounce of pure Silver from the issuing country of Tuvalu and is the third in the series of Deadly and Dangerous.
The reverse depicts a Blue Ringed Octopus while the obverse bears the elegant portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley. These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Limited Mintage of 5,000 Worldwide
Finished to Perth Mint's Proof Quality
Struck in Solid Fine .999 Silver Weighing One Ounce of Pure Silver
