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1 Cent - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicting the second definitive portrait as sculpted by Arnold Machin, showing the Queen with a tiara and draped shoulders. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs above left along the rim, with 'FIJI' and the date '1976' positioned to the right of the portrait. The field is polished to a mirror-like proof finish, contrasting with the frosted relief of the effigy. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II FIJI 1976 |
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Fiji's 1976 proof issues were struck to coincide with the country's first decade of independence, granted in 1970 after nearly a century of British colonial administration. The Reserve Bank commissioned sterling silver proof sets primarily for the collector market, as circulation coinage of this period was cupro-nickel. The 2nd portrait of Elizabeth II — Arnold Machin's effigy, first introduced on Commonwealth coinage in 1968 — was still relatively recent at this date.
KM#27a distinguishes this silver proof from its circulation counterpart, KM#27.