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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Royalty: Lady Diana In Memory
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in fine detail after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, with FIJI and the date 2011 positioned to the right. The engraver's initials IRB appear in small lettering below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II FIJI 2011 IRB |
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Fiji issued a wave of licensed commemorative silver pieces in the early 2010s through the Pobjoy Mint, many bearing subjects with no meaningful connection to the island nation. This is one of them. Diana died in Paris on 31 August 1997; by 2011, commemorative issues marking her memory had been produced by dozens of issuing authorities across multiple decades, making this piece one entry in an extremely crowded field of collector-targeted material that never circulated.