10 Dollars - Elizabeth II World Cup

Fiji issued a substantial run of commemorative pieces throughout the 2000s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the islands themselves — this World Cup issue was produced well ahead of the 2006 Germany tournament as part of a broader wave of FIFA-licensed coinage distributed across small sovereign issuers. The Reserve Bank of Fiji functioned here essentially as a issuing authority of convenience, a common arrangement that allowed coin distributors to market pieces with legal tender status at multiples above melt value.

Gold-plated copper-nickel with no bullion content worth recovering. Collector demand has remained modest.