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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II System Polar
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Thickness | 4.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Oval silver coin featuring a right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, wearing a diadem, occupying the lower half of the field. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs across the upper portion of the field, with 'FIJI' to the lower left and the date '2012' to the lower right. The denomination '$10' appears in relief below the portrait. In the upper portion of the oval, a circular glass window is set into the coin, enclosing a miniature antique polar map illuminated in amber tones. A beaded inner border frames the entire composition. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Antique Finish - 1,000 |
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Fiji's "System Polar" issues from this period were part of a broader wave of themed commemorative silver struck under license for the collector market, with actual distribution handled largely through European numismatic wholesalers rather than through Fijian banking channels. The Reserve Bank of Fiji has been a prolific issuer of such pieces since the 2000s, lending its authority to dozens of collector-market coins annually with minimal domestic circulation or economic function.
KM#382 sits in a crowded series; distinguishing genuine Reserve Bank authorization from the many contemporaneous issues requires checking against the Krause listing directly.