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10 Dollars Cloaca Turbo
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | FIJI Rerevaka na Kalou ka doka na Tui 10 DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse field mirrors the obverse in presenting a finely engraved printed-circuit-board background of interconnecting lines, nodes, and component pads covering the entire surface. At the centre, a large diagonal three-dimensional relief depiction of the Cloaca Turbo mechanical installation — Wim Delvoye's celebrated digestive machine sculpture — dominates the field, with intricate tubular conduits, gears, and latticed steel framework rendered in precise detail. A dashed circular border frames the inner field, with the legend CLOACA inscribed along the left arc and 1 OZ .999 GOLD along the right arc in pixel-style lettering. The artist's name WIM DELVOYE appears along the upper arc within the dashed border, and the date 2022 is inscribed at the base of the field in the same stylised typeface. |
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The "Cloaca Turbo" is a species of marine gastropod — a turbinid sea snail found across Indo-Pacific reef systems. Fiji has developed a consistent program of issuing fine gold and silver collector coins featuring regional marine life, targeting the international numismatic and natural history collector markets rather than domestic circulation. These pieces are produced under license by specialist minting houses and never enter commercial use.