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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Songbird
| Issuer | Bank of Nauru |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF NAURU NAOERO GODS·WILL·FIRST 1993 |
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| Mintage | 1993 - Proof - 10,000 |
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Nauru issued a series of silver wildlife coins in the early 1990s as part of a broader Pacific island trend toward numismatic revenue — at the time, the country's phosphate reserves were in terminal decline and royalty income from collector coin programs had become a meaningful supplement to state finances. The Songbird issue falls squarely in that category.
Nauru has no central bank in the conventional sense; the Bank of Nauru, which authorized this issue, was effectively insolvent by the mid-1990s and ceased operations shortly after.