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50 Cents Unicorn
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Diameter | 40.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | The complete coat of arms of Fiji occupies the central field, supported by two Fijian warriors in traditional dress, one bearing a spear to the left and one holding a palm frond to the right. The quartered shield features a British lion passant in the chief, with sugar cane, a coconut palm, a dove of peace, and a British lion holding a cocoa pod in the quarters, surmounted by a Fijian canoe. A flowing scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto in Fijian. The legend FIJI 2023 arcs along the upper periphery, the denomination 50 CENTS appears along the lower periphery, and the inscriptions 1oz and .999 FINE SILVER are positioned in the left and right fields respectively. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Fiji's legal tender coin program has long operated as a vehicle for international bullion and novelty issues aimed squarely at collector markets rather than domestic circulation. This "Unicorn" piece is part of a broader wave of privately designed fantasy subjects licensed through sovereign mints and central banks — Fiji's Reserve Bank among the most frequently used — where the issuing authority lends legal tender status in exchange for a licensing arrangement. The coins never circulate and are not intended to.
KM#1131 places this among a sprawling sequence of Fijian collector issues, many struck at the same contracted facilities in Poland or China depending on the program year.