The obverse
Jody Clark effigy of King Charles III
The obverse carries the Jody Clark effigy of King Charles III, together with TUVALU, the 2024 date, one-ounce silver specification and TVD $1 denomination.
The 2024 issue
The Kingston: coin, pirate and vessel
This is the 6th documented standard Black Flag release. Coin facts and the reverse depiction are presented separately from the historical record behind the subject.
The reverse depicts Kingston approaching a tropical coastline beneath a pirate flag, with a skull shape on the horizon. Lucas Bowers is credited with the reverse design.
The published figure is a maximum of 15,000; no final declared total is shown.
- Release position
- 6 of 6 documented releases
- Pirate subject
- John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham and Anne Bonny
- Vessel subject
- Kingston
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History & legend
John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham and Anne Bonny and Kingston
John Rackham and Anne Bonny sailed together in the Caribbean before their crew was captured in 1720. Rackham was executed; Bonny's later fate is not securely documented. The coin associates the pair with the merchant ship Kingston captured by Rackham's crew. Much popular writing about Bonny depends on later narrative sources whose accuracy is debated. The page separates the documented 1720 capture from romanticized retellings.
- Release position
- 6 / 6
- Pirate subject
- John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham and Anne Bonny
- Vessel subject
- Kingston
Design story
The 2024 reverse: The Kingston
The coin presents Kingston approaching a tropical coastline beneath a pirate flag, with a skull shape on the horizon. The BLACK FLAG inscription, named subject, silver legend and P mintmark identify the release. Lucas Bowers is credited with the reverse design.
The reverse
The Kingston
The reverse is a modern coin design centered on Kingston and John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham and Anne Bonny; it should not be read as a contemporary visual record of the historical people or vessels.
Full specifications
At a glance
Available dimensions, artists and issue details for this annual coin are listed below.
- Denomination
- TVD $1
- Silver content
- 1 troy ounce
- Fineness
- .9999
- Metal
- Silver
- Gross weight
- 31.107 g
- Diameter
- 40.9 mm
- Thickness
- 3.5 mm
- Edge
- Reeded
- Finish
- Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)
- Authentication
- Not documented in the listed item-level sources
- Legal-tender country
- Tuvalu
- Mint
- The Perth Mint
- Obverse portrait
- Jody Clark effigy of King Charles III
- Obverse artist
- Jody Clark
- Reverse designer
- Lucas Bowers
Mintage & issue
15,000
MaximumThe published number is a maximum production limit. A final declared mintage is not currently listed.
- Maximum mintage
- 15,000
- Issue status
- Maximum
- Source date
- 2026-08-14
This release in the series
See the issue in sequence
Compare the pirate and vessel subjects immediately around this release.
Sources
References for this annual coin
Product and numismatic references cover the coin; museum or historical references cover the pirate and vessel context.
This section covers only the standard 1 oz .9999 silver Brilliant Uncirculated coin for each documented Black Flag release. Antiqued, 5 oz, gold, proof, coloured, graded, MintDirect and presentation-format products remain separate objects.
- Explaining Tuvalu's role in modern coinsThe Perth Mint · 2026-08-14
- Currency ActGovernment of Tuvalu · 2026-08-14
- 2024 Tuvalu 1 oz Silver Black Flag — The Kingston BUAPMEX · 2026-08-14
- 1 Dollar — Black Flag: KingstonNumista · 2026-08-14
- The real pirates of the Caribbean: Anne Bonny and Mary ReadRoyal Museums Greenwich · 2026-08-14
Image credit
Obverse and reverse images: APMEX · 2024 standard 1 oz BU coin.