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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II HMS Providence
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 31.54 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed rendering of HMS Providence, the three-masted Royal Navy vessel commanded by Captain William Bligh, depicted under full sail navigating to the left across stylized open seas. Several seabirds are engraved in the upper left field above the rigging. The arc legend HMS PROVIDENCE * 1792 runs along the upper periphery, commemorating the vessel's historic breadfruit voyage, while the denomination 10 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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HMS Providence made its second breadfruit voyage to the Pacific in 1791–93 under Captain William Bligh, completing the mission that the Bounty mutiny had interrupted two years earlier. The breadfruit plants were successfully delivered to the Caribbean, though the scheme to feed enslaved plantation workers largely failed — the enslaved population simply refused to eat the unfamiliar fruit.
Fiji issued several collector-oriented silver pieces around 2001 tied to Pacific maritime history, this being among them. KM#82 was not intended for circulation.