1 oz Rhodium Tuvalu South Sea Dragon Coin .999

Buy 1 oz Rhodium Tuvalu South Sea Dragon Coin

First mintage of only 1,000 coins!

Baird & Co., Britain’s only gold refinery has launched the world's first legal tender coin made of rhodium: the Tuvaluan $100 Coin.

Rhodium is the one of the world’s rarest metals.  It is a brittle metal which when refined metamorphoses into a dazzlingly bright, silver metal.  A member of the platinum family, rhodium is 100 times rarer than gold. Baird & Co is the first company to develop the technology to manufacture rhodium bars, coins and jewelry that are machinable and not brittle.

The Tuvaluan $100 Coin is similar in size to the UK’s £2 coin and also features the Queen’s head.  That is where the similarity ends:  the face value is 100 Tuvaluan dollars (approximately £55).  The coin won’t scratch or tarnish - rhodium is highly resistant.

The coins are legal tender in the South Pacific island of Tuvalu, a member of the Commonwealth which became independent from Britain in 1978. 

Specifications –

• Net Weight
  (precious metal content): 1 oz t
• Gross Weight: 31.2 g
• Diameter: 32.69 mm
• Fineness: .999
• Face Value: TVD 100
• Year: 2018