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5 Dollars Royal Visit
| Issuer | Kiribati |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and with elaborately styled hair, occupying the central field. The commemorative legend 'ROYAL VISIT OCTOBER 1982' is inscribed in raised Latin capital letters around the upper and right periphery, with the date '1982' appearing along the lower right. The portrait, engraved by Michael Hibbit, presents the Queen in a formal, classical style consistent with Commonwealth commemorative coinage of the period. The field is smooth and unadorned, directing the viewer's attention to the regal effigy. |
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| Reverse lettering | ROYAL VISIT OCTOBER 1982 |
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Kiribati gained independence from Britain in 1979, making the 1982 royal visit — part of Queen Elizabeth II's extensive Pacific tour that year — one of the new nation's first major diplomatic occasions. The tour covered eleven Commonwealth countries across the Pacific and Australasia, and several island nations issued commemorative coins to mark it.