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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Nefertiti
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, with detailed curled hair and a draped neckline. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, while the inscription 1 DOLLAR FIJI 2012 curves along the lower field. The portrait is set against a highly polished mirror field characteristic of proof coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Fiji has issued commemorative silver dollars under royal warrant since the 1970s, but by 2012 the series had expanded aggressively into ancient-world subjects with no geographic or historical connection to the issuing territory. This coin exists entirely as a numismatic product — Fiji's name and Elizabeth II's authority used instrumentally to satisfy collector demand for ancient Egyptian imagery on legal-tender silver.
Nefertiti's bust, excavated at Amarna in 1912 by Ludwig Borchardt's German expedition, became one of the most reproduced artifacts of the 20th century. Berlin's Neues Museum has held it since 1920, over repeated Egyptian repatriation requests.