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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Unicef, Children of the world
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, pearl drop earrings, and a delicate chain necklace, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The portrait reflects the fourth definitive effigy of the Queen as used on Commonwealth coinage of this period. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left periphery, with FIJI and the date 1997 arranged along the right periphery, all in raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II FIJI 1997 |
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Fiji issued this piece as part of the wave of UNICEF-licensed commemoratives that flooded the collector market in 1997, coinciding with the organization's 50th anniversary. Dozens of small-nation mints produced near-identical programs that year, with Fiji among several Pacific island states whose numismatic bureaus licensed the theme largely as a revenue exercise rather than from any particular institutional relationship with UNICEF.
KM#85 shares its physical specifications with the Commonwealth crown-sized format adopted by the Pobjoy Mint and similar contractors handling Pacific island commemorative programs throughout the 1990s.