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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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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND |
| Reverse description | The crowned coat of arms of Saint Lucia displayed centrally, featuring two parrots as supporters flanking the shield, which is quartered with a torch, a rose, a stump sprouting new growth, and a Tudor rose. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto THE PEOPLE THE LIGHT. The curved legend ROYAL VISIT 1985 arcs above the arms, with SAINT LUCIA and 500 DOLLARS inscribed below. The engraver's initials JE appear in the lower right field. |
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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.