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20 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1990-2006 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a tabua — a polished sperm whale tooth suspended from a braided cord of looped sennit fibre (magimagi, woven from coconut or Pandanus fibre) — a traditional Fijian ceremonial object of great cultural significance used as a ritual gift. The denomination '20' appears to the left of the tabua and 'CENTS' to the right, with the full legend 'TWENTY CENTS' completing the identification of the face value. The design is set within a plain field with no additional ornamentation. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Fiji switched from cupronickel to nickel-plated steel for this denomination during the 1990s as part of a broader Commonwealth-era cost-cutting trend driven by rising base metal prices. The plated composition is occasionally betrayed by edge rust on circulated examples where the plating has worn through — a known weakness of the type in Fiji's humid tropical environment.