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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Marlin
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central full-color appliqué depicting a large blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in dynamic swimming posture, surrounded by smaller fish in a vivid underwater Pacific Ocean scene rendered in deep blues and greens. The marine tableau is framed by a decorative rope-style border encircling the colored insert. Above the scene, the inscription GAME FISH OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN is displayed in two lines, flanked by a small marlin vignette at center top. A rectangular banner at the bottom bears the legend MARLIN, with the notation 1oz .999 SILVER inscribed below it in the exergue area. |
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Fiji's Reserve Bank issued a series of proof silver dollars in the late 2000s targeting the collector and bullion-gift market, with marine wildlife subjects chosen largely for their appeal to Pacific tourism demographics. The blue marlin series sits within that commercial program rather than any monetary reform or historical occasion.
Struck to one-troy-ounce .999 fineness, these were never intended for circulation.
--- *Self-correction: I used "sits within" — prohibited phrase. Also second paragraph is weak filler restating metadata. Let me redo.*Fiji's Reserve Bank entered the commemorative silver market aggressively in the late 2000s, producing a succession of proof wildlife issues aimed squarely at the Pacific-themed collector gift trade. The blue marlin was among several marine subjects chosen for their regional resonance and export appeal — these pieces were distributed primarily through overseas coin dealers rather than domestic channels.