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| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | FIJI Rerevaka na Kalou ka doka na Tui 2014 |
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| Reverse lettering | GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL 1685-1759 $2 |
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| Additional information |
Fiji has no meaningful connection to Handel — this is a straightforward bullion-adjacent commemorative issued under licensing arrangements that allow small island nations to monetize collector demand for European cultural subjects. The Reserve Bank of Fiji has issued dozens of such pieces, effectively acting as a mint-for-hire vehicle. Handel himself died in London in 1759, blind and having revised Messiah for the last time just days before his death.