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| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Fiji occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by two Fijian warriors, with a British lion holding a cocoa pod in the upper quarter of the shield and a sailing vessel to the upper right. The legend FIJI appears in the upper periphery, and the denomination $1 is inscribed in the lower field. The composition details 0.5 g Au 585 and the motto REREVAKA NA KALOU KA DOKA NA TUI are also present around the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | 250th ANNIV.BIRTHDAY OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 2020 |
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Issued to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, this micro-gold piece is part of a broader wave of commemorative fractional coins produced for Fiji by the Austrian Mint — a minting relationship that has little to do with Fiji itself and everything to do with European collector market demand routed through a convenient Pacific issuing authority.