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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Icon Virgin of Vladimir
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara with drop earrings and necklace visible. The legend ELIZABETH II and FIJI appear above the effigy in two lines, while the denomination 2 DOLLARS and the date 2012 are inscribed below in two lines. The design is set within a plain rectangular field with rounded corners. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Virgin of Vladimir is one of the most venerated Byzantine icons in the Orthodox world, believed to have been painted by Saint Luke and brought to Kiev from Constantinople around 1131. It was carried to Vladimir in 1155 and eventually to Moscow in 1395, where it was credited with repelling Tamerlane's invasion — a claim that cemented its near-mythological status in Russian religious history. Its inclusion on a Fijian coin is purely a commercial decision by a bullion issuer targeting the collector market, with no historical connection between Fiji and the icon whatsoever.