Catalog
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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| Reverse description | Central vignette depicts a busy open-air market scene in Suva, with vendors and shoppers crowded around produce stalls and a large passenger vessel visible in the harbour background. A Fijian tanoa artifact vignette appears at the left margin, set within an intricate geometric border incorporating traditional Fijian tapa cloth patterns. Denomination panels '$1' and 'FIJI' appear in ornate guilloche rosettes at the upper corners, with the printer's imprint 'BRADBURY WILKINSON' at the lower centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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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.