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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II King George VI with the Queen Mother and baby Princess Elizabeth
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Gilded right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl drop earring, with a beaded necklace visible at the truncation, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The bust is selectively gold-gilded, set against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery, while 'FIJI 2006' appears to the right, all inscribed in Latin characters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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This piece belongs to a wave of Commonwealth commemorative silver issued in the mid-2000s targeting the collector market rather than circulation, with Fiji serving as a convenient issuing authority for coins that had no practical connection to the islands. The image draws on a well-documented 1926 photograph taken shortly after Elizabeth's birth on 21 April of that year — a birth that was entirely unremarkable at the time, as her father was then Duke of York with no expectation of ever reaching the throne.
Edward VIII's abdication in December 1936 changed everything. George VI's reluctant accession made that infant the heir presumptive overnight.