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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II London at Night
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#323 |
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| Reverse description | A full-color nocturnal cityscape of London dominates the rectangular reverse, featuring the illuminated Elizabeth Tower (commonly known as Big Ben) prominently displayed to the right, with the Union Jack flag in the foreground. The city skyline is depicted at night with warm artificial lighting reflecting across the Thames, conveying a vivid atmospheric scene of the British capital. The inscription 'London at Night' appears within the composition. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fiji's authority to issue commemorative coinage well beyond its own geography or history has long been a commercial arrangement rather than a sovereign necessity — the country functions as a licensing vehicle for European bullion dealers, primarily the Coin Invest Trust of Liechtenstein, who design and distribute these pieces to collector markets with no meaningful connection to Suva. The rectangular format here is a direct product of that pipeline.
The London at Night series was part of a broader push in the early 2010s toward shaped and colorized silver issues targeting the Asian collector market, where novelty formats commanded significant premiums over spot.