Catalog
1 Dollar - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Monetary Authority of Fiji |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in three-quarter view at right, wearing a pearl necklace and tiara, set against a fine guilloche underprint in pale green and lilac tones. The Fijian national arms are positioned at centre, flanked at right by a traditional Fijian artifact (tabua). The issuing authority inscription and legal tender clause appear in the central panel, with two facsimile signatures of the Chairman and General Manager at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | FIJI THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ONE DOLLAR CENTRAL MONETARY AUTHORITY OF FIJI CHAIRMAN GENERAL MANAGER |
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The Central Monetary Authority of Fiji was itself a transitional institution — it replaced the Fiji Currency Board in 1974 and was then absorbed into the Reserve Bank of Fiji in 1984, meaning this 1983 issue came from an authority already in its final year of existence. The P#81 series was printed across several years by De La Rue, with the 1983 date appearing on what would effectively be among the last notes bearing the CMA name.
Fiji's dollar had been pegged to a trade-weighted basket since 1975, decoupled from the direct sterling link — a monetary policy shift that made the CMA's brief lifespan unusually active for a small Pacific issuer.