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10 Dollars Christmas Island
| Issuer | Government of Kiribati |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Weight | 1.24 g |
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| Obverse lettering | TE MAURI TE RAOI AO TE TABOMOA KIRIBATI 2006 (Translation: Health, Peace and Prosperity) |
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| Reverse lettering | CHRISTMAS ISLAND $10 KIRITIMATI * KIRIBATI |
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Christmas Island — properly Kiribati's Kiritimati atoll — is the world's largest coral atoll by land area and sits squarely on the International Date Line, meaning it was repositioned in 1995 to fall entirely within the same calendar day as the Gilbert Islands to the west, a purely administrative decision that made Kiritimati the first inhabited place to greet the year 2000.
This fractional gold piece belongs to a wave of small-denomination collector issues Kiribati released through the mid-2000s, struck in 1/25 oz format specifically for the gift and novelty market rather than any circulating purpose.