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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Monetary Authority of Fiji |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The right portion carries an intaglio portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in three-quarter view against a green guilloche underprint, while the Fijian coat of arms serves as the central vignette. Denomination numerals appear at the upper left and lower right corners, with two signature lines below the central inscription identifying the CHAIRMAN and GENERAL MANAGER. The legal tender clause THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR TWO DOLLARS and the issuer name CENTRAL MONETARY AUTHORITY OF FIJI are printed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio scene of sugar cane harvesting, with a field worker cutting cane in the foreground and a narrow-gauge locomotive hauling loaded wagons along a plantation railway in the middle ground, palm trees rising in the background. The Fijian coat of arms is placed at the lower left within the decorative border, while geometric guilloche patterns and the denomination $2 frame the composition at the upper right and lower left corners. The printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED appears in the lower margin. |
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The Central Monetary Authority was itself a transitional institution — established in 1973 after Fiji left the sterling area, it was eventually replaced by the Reserve Bank of Fiji in 1984. This 1980 issue falls squarely in that interregnum period, when Fiji was still building independent monetary infrastructure less than a decade after breaking from the old colonial currency arrangements.
Two signature combinations exist under Pick 77. The appearance of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara as Chairman on the 77b signing is notable — he was simultaneously serving as Prime Minister, a concentration of economic and political authority that reflected how thinly staffed the CMA's leadership ranks were during its early years.