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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Royal Visit, Gold Proof Issue
| Issuer | Saint Lucia |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace, as sculpted by Raphael David Maklouf. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend QUEEN arcs along the left rim and ELIZABETH THE SECOND arcs along the right rim. The engraver's initials RDM appear in the lower field beneath the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND |
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Saint Lucia issued this piece to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 1985 Caribbean tour, one of several royal visits to the Eastern Caribbean that generated a flurry of commemorative coinage across member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. The timing coincided with a broader push by small island nations to leverage royal events for numismatic revenue — a significant income stream for treasuries with limited conventional export capacity.
KM#13b is the gold proof variant of a multi-metal issue, with parallel strikes in silver and cupro-nickel. The .917 fineness places it at the traditional crown gold standard.