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10 Dollars Elizabeth II - Mona Lisa of the Prado
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-color reproduction of the Mona Lisa of the Prado, attributed to a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, depicted as a three-quarter-length seated portrait of a young woman against a luminous golden landscape background with rocky outcroppings. The subject wears a dark blue dress with distinctive red sleeves and has long dark hair falling over her shoulders. The image is rendered in vivid polychrome color print applied to the coin's surface. An inset red ruby gemstone is set into the lower border of the decorative frame, and ornamental scrollwork embellishes the four corners of the surrounding raised border. |
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The "Mona Lisa of the Prado" refers to a copy of Leonardo's original, long thought to be a later workshop reproduction, that was reattributed in 2012 following infrared reflectography conducted at the Museo del Prado. The analysis revealed underdrawing corrections matching Leonardo's own working method, suggesting a pupil painted it alongside the master simultaneously — making it the closest surviving parallel to the original's lost early state, before Leonardo darkened the background.
Fiji issued this coin the same year as that reattribution, timed directly to the announcement.