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2 Dollars Spartan Mask
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed three-dimensional representation of a Spartan warrior helmet rendered in antiqued finish, viewed from the front. The helmet features the characteristic open-faced visor with a stylized T-shaped eye-and-nose guard cut through the planchet, bold cheek guards tapering to a pointed chin, and a prominent fan-shaped crest rendered in high relief along the crown. The brushed and antiqued surfaces accentuate the sculptural depth and the angular, martial aesthetic of the ancient Greek military headgear. |
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This coin is part of a wave of privately marketed bullion-adjacent issues that Pacific island nations — Fiji, Niue, Tuvalu, Cook Islands — have licensed to foreign mints since the early 2000s. The arrangement is straightforward: the issuing nation lends its legal tender authority in exchange for fees, while the actual production and distribution is handled entirely offshore, typically by the Perth Mint or European private minting houses. Fiji itself has no meaningful hand in the design, striking, or sale.
The KM#982 assignment places it within a now-enormous catalogue of such Fijian issues, most produced by Scottsdale Mint in Arizona for the collector and stackable bullion market.