In 2014 to celebrate Endangered and Extinct Animals of Australia, the Perth Mint on behalf of the issuing country of Tuvalu released a very Limited Issue Green Turtle $1 One Dollar Silver Proof Coin struck in solid fine .999 Silver and weighing one ounce of pure Silver.

The reverse design depicts a Green Turtle 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