In 2014 to celebrate Mothers Love Series, the Perth Mint on behalf of the issuing country of Tuvalu released a very Limited Issue Orangutan 50c Fifty Cent Silver Proof Coin struck in solid fine .999 Silver and weighing one-half ounce of pure Silver .
The reverse design depicts ababy Orangutan climbing over its mother’s shoulder in the rainforest 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 4,500 Coins Worldwide
Finished to Perth Mint's Proof Quality
Struck in Solid Fine .999 Silver Weighing One Half of an Ounce of Pure Silver
