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1 Dollar Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The quartered coat of arms of Fiji occupies the central field, the shield divided into four quarters bearing a bunch of sugar cane, a coconut palm, a dove with an olive branch, and a bunch of bananas respectively. A passant guardant lion grasping a cocoa pod in its forepaws serves as the crest above the shield. A traditional Fijian outrigger canoe surmounts the crest, while two indigenous Fijian warriors flank the shield as supporters. The national motto in Fijian, 'Rerevaka na Kalou ka doka na Tui' (Fear God and Honor the King), appears as a legend within the design, accompanied by the inscriptions 'FIJI', '2024', '1oz .999 FINE SILVER', and '1 DOLLAR'. |
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| Obverse lettering | FIJI 2024 1oz .999 FINE SILVER Rerevaka na Kalou ka doka na Tui 1 DOLLAR (Translation: Fear God and Honor the King) |
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Fiji's Year of the Dragon dollars are produced under a licensing arrangement typical of the Pacific island mint-program industry, where sovereign issuing authority is lent to coins designed, marketed, and distributed almost entirely by third-party numismatic wholesalers. The Reserve Bank of Fiji appears on relatively few of these pieces in actual circulation — they are collector instruments from the first strike.
The dragon in the Chinese zodiac cycle last appeared in 2012, making 2024 the Year of the Wood Dragon specifically, a subcategory within the sixty-year stem-branch calendar that won't recur until 2084.