2023 Tuvalu 1 oz Silver The Fancy (MD® Premier + PCGS FS)

Each coin is placed in a protective, non-reactive plastic polymer authentication card to protect your coin’s finish. This process seals the coin within the card, creating a tamper-evident package that guarantees your investment indefinitely. Learn more about the tamper-evident process here.

APMEX has partnered with PCGS, one of the most trusted names in numismatics, to further enhance the MintDirect® Premier program. This partnership with PCGS allows MintDirect® Premier with PCGS FirstStrike® in their sealed packaging to remain eligible for the FirstStrike® designation if submitted to PCGS for grading long after new FirstStrike® eligible coins are typically off the market.

Coin Highlights:

• Contains 1 oz of .9999 fine silver.
• Packaged in RF-welded plastic polymer case (2 1/2" x 3 1/4"), protecting the coin's finish, with included authentication card.
• Multiples of 10 are housed in a 10-count APMEX MintDirect® singles storage box (5” x 2 5/8” x 3 1/2”).
• Multiples of 20 are housed in a 20-count APMEX MintDirect® singles storage box (10” x 2 5/8” x 3 1/2”).
• APMEX storage boxes hold MintDirect® or MintDirect® Premier TEP singles and are stackable with other APMEX Mini Monster Boxes and the APMEX Monster Box.
• This process requires the coins to be removed from their original mint capsules.
• Obverse: Showcases the Ian Rank-Broadley likeness of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her years of reign: 1952-2022, the monetary denomination, the coin’s weight and fineness, and the 2023 year-date.
• Reverse: A representation of the ship named the Fancy, which was famously raided by the notorious pirate Henry Every. A plethora of chests overflowing with coins and jewels is included in depicted on ship deck. The design of a skull is formed in the horizon. The design also features the words "FANCY," "BLACK FLAG: HENRY EVERY," the weight, fineness, and The Perth Mint's traditional "P" mint mark.
• Sovereign coin backed by Tuvalu government.

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Mint Direct
Each year, The Perth Mint introduces coins with the new year's date on them. New dies are engraved, prepared and deployed to strike the coins for each year.

The coin dies wear down over thousands of strikes, causing the details of the engraved die that transfers to the newly struck coin to flatten, diminishing the quality of the finished coin below standards. At this point, the dies are replaced. For each minting press, new dies may be required multiple times each year.

Once the new dies are installed, the strike quality (the detail transferred to the newly struck coin) returns to its maximum. There is no public notice that dies are changed, and each minting press changes dies at different times required by die wear.

Because each new year brings new dies, APMEX has designated all products delivered by The Perth Mint during the first 30 days of their issuance that go through the MintDirect® process as MintDirect® Premier + PCGS FS.

APMEX individually seals each MintDirect® coin to ensure that the authenticity and condition of each coin is protected after they are removed directly from the mint capsules. Each coin is placed in a protective authentication card composed of a non-reactive plastic polymer to protect your coin’s finish.

The sealing process seals the coin within the authentication card, creating a tamper-evident package that will guarantee your investment indefinitely. After the process is completed, the coin in the tamper-evident package is removed from the machine and checked to ensure that the quality of the packaging meets our exacting standards. You now have a finished 2023 1 oz Silver The Fancy MintDirect® Premier Single + PCGS FS.

By using this process, APMEX can guarantee that the coins you receive are authentic and in the exact condition as they were when they left The Perth Mint. The MintDirect® process gives investors confidence in their purchase, knowing that they can buy, hold or sell an authentic coin — guaranteed.

Note: The MintDirect® process does not guarantee protection from spotting or tarnishing that normally occurs in chemically active metals such as gold, silver and platinum.

2023 Tuvalu 1 oz Silver Black Flag: The Fancy
In the Black Flag series from The Perth Mint, the fifth release features Henry Every's famously commandeered ship, the Fancy. Every is known as "The King of Pirates" as he was responsible for the single most profitable pirate raid of all time. In a single score, Every and his crew netted a whopping $600,000 in gold and jewels. The plunder was so immense that it resulted in what most consider the first global manhunt in history. Henry Every was the most wanted man on the planet, but unlike most pirates who were forced to walk the plank, Every got away with it. Henry Every slipped away with his fortune, never to be heard from again. It was an incredible feat, and afforded him the legendary designation as "The King of Pirates."

The Perth Mint Black Flag Series
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, pirates ruled the seven seas with their ships proudly displaying their uniquely menacing black flags to declare themselves in battle. Each release in this popular series struck by The Perth Mint features a famous pirate along with the emblem they associated with to celebrate some of the most fearsome figures in history. The previous releases in this series have included Blackbeard and his ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge; Black Bart and his ship, the Royal Fortune; Ching Shih with her ship, the Red Flag Fleet; and William Moody and his ship, the Rising Sun. Learn more about the Black Flag series here to begin building your collection today.