1 ounce silver Tuvalu 2023 BU - The PHANTOM - 1 AUD - Coloured

1 oz Tuvalu 2023 BU - The Phantom - Coloured - 1AUD

Mintage 4,000 - Delivery in Original Capsule

The Theme shows a coloured depiction of the Phantom in his typical skin-tight costume, as well as the inscription "THE PHANTOM". A repeating motif of the Phantom's skull ring and P-cross ring can be seen in the background.

The reverse presents the Ian Rank Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as well as the year, face value, weight and fineness of the coin.

Münzdaten - Coin Data

• Tuvalu - 2023 - BU - 1 AUD - Coloured
• 1 oz = 31,1 g .999 Silver
• Mintage 4,000

The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. The series began with a daily newspaper strip on February 17, 1936, which was joined by a color Sunday strip in May of 1939; both are still running as of 2022 and are read by millions of people every day. Lee Falk died in 1999, and the newspaper comics are now written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Paul Ryan (daily strip) and Graham Nolan (Sunday strip). Previous artists on the newspaper strip include Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Bill Lignante, Sy Barry, George Olesen, Keith Williams and Fred Fredericks. The Phantom is also successfully published in comic books throughout the world, by several different publishers.

The Phantom is credited as being the first "costumed superhero", i.e. the first crimefighter to wear the skintight costume attributed to comic book superheroes, and being the first hero to have white eyes behind his mask, a phenomenon very common with superheroes. Previous fictional crime fighters, such as Zorro and Doc Savage, were not designed especially for newspaper Comics.