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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2009-2010 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II FIJI 2009 RDM |
| Reverse description | A traditional Fijian sailing canoe known as a Takia is depicted under full sail, navigating open waters occupying the central and upper field of the coin. The vessel is crewed by several figures, with seabirds visible in the right field. The denomination '50 cents' is inscribed in a single line across the lower field, with the numeral '50' in a larger font and 'cents' in a smaller complementary style. |
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Fiji's shift to nickel-plated steel for this denomination came as part of a 2009 coinage reform that also reduced physical size across several values — a cost-driven response to rising base metal prices that had made the older copper-nickel coins worth more as raw material than as currency. The third portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, had been in circulation on Fijian coinage since 1996 but was retired shortly after this issue when Fiji adopted a wholly new national series in 2012 following the country's suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum.