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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 FJD) |
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| Obverse lettering | FIJI THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER IN FIJI FOR ONE DOLLAR GOVERNOR RESERVE BANK OF FIJI |
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| Protection description | a sperm whale's head, visible when held to light |
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Pick 86a was issued in the immediate aftermath of the two military coups of 1987, when Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka seized power in May and again in September, ultimately declaring Fiji a republic and severing ties with the Commonwealth. The Reserve Bank continued issuing Elizabeth II notes into this period — a striking administrative lag that left the Queen's portrait circulating on Fijian currency even as her role as head of state was being formally abolished.
Bradbury Wilkinson's intaglio work on this series is clean but unremarkable. The firm closed in 1990, absorbed into De La Rue, making this among the final Fijian issues to bear their imprint.