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| Issuer | Kiribati |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#73 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the left portion of the field, with the coat of arms of Kiribati positioned to the right. The legend KIRIBATI encircles the upper field, flanked by the national motto TE MAURI TE RAOI AO TE TABOMOA in Latin script. The engraver's initials IRB and the date 2013 appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kiribati has no meaningful numismatic tradition of its own — these collector issues are produced entirely for the international commemorative market, with the Republic lending its issuing authority to series it has no historical connection to. ANZAC Day commemorates the April 1915 Gallipoli landings, a campaign fought thousands of miles from the Gilbert Islands, which were themselves a British protectorate at the time and largely untouched by that war.
The .500 fineness is a deliberate production choice to keep bullion costs low on a coin aimed at thematic collectors rather than silver stackers.