Catalog
10 Dollars - Elizabeth II HM Barge Endeavour
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed depiction of HM Barge Endeavour under full sail, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, shown navigating stylised waves. The vessel is portrayed with three masts fully rigged with sails. The legend ENDEAVOUR BARGE arcs across the upper field, with the date 1768 to the right. The denomination $10 is inscribed in the lower exergue beneath the ship. |
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The HM Barge Endeavour was the ceremonial vessel used to carry Queen Elizabeth II during her 1953 royal tour of Fiji — the first visit by a reigning monarch to the islands. The tour followed her coronation and was part of a six-month Commonwealth voyage that took her through thirteen countries. Fiji's leg included a formal reception at Suva harbor, where the barge played a central ceremonial role.
This 1998 issue marks roughly 45 years after that visit, falling within a wave of Pacific commemorative silver programs that flooded the collector market through the 1990s.