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.
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.