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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Archangel Michael Icon
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a pearl necklace and floral tiara, set against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery and 'FIJI' appears at the top, while '5 DOLLARS' descends along the right periphery and the date '2012' is inscribed at the bottom. The fineness and weight designation 'Ag 999 2Oz' appears in the lower field to the right of the portrait. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Fiji's legal tender framework has long been used as a vehicle for commemorative issues with no domestic relevance whatsoever — this piece is a straightforward example of that practice, produced for the European collector market under licensing arrangements common among small Pacific sovereignties. The Archangel Michael iconographic tradition it draws on originates in Byzantine ecclesiastical art, later codified in Russian Orthodox canon.
The Swarovski crystal inlay program was a marketing collaboration between several European mints and the Austrian crystal manufacturer, active across dozens of issues from roughly 2008 onward.