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 a baby 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.