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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 500th Anniversary of the 'Creation of Adam'
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) Gold plated portrait (24k) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II runs vertically along the left rim, and FIJI 2012 along the right rim. The designer's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse lettering | 500ᵗʰ ANNIVERSARY THE CREATION OF ADAM $10 MICHELANGELO 1475-1564 |
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Fiji has no particular connection to Michelangelo or the Sistine Chapel ceiling, completed in 1512 — the 500th anniversary hook is the entire justification for this coin's existence. The Reserve Bank of Fiji was one of dozens of small-island issuers that contracted with European private mints during the 2000s and 2010s to produce high-margin commemoratives aimed squarely at the collector market, never intended for circulation.
The selective gold plating technique applied here was a selling point aggressively marketed across this wave of issues.