Catalog
100 Dollars - Elizabeth II 2006 World Cup
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | · 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP · 100$ FIFA WORLD CUP GERMANY™ |
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Fiji's commemorative gold program in the early 2000s leaned heavily on international sporting events as licensing opportunities, and this piece targeting the 2006 FIFA World Cup — issued three years ahead of the tournament in Germany — reflects that commercial calculus precisely. The Reserve Bank had no footballing stake; the coin was produced for the collector market, not Fijian circulation.
The .585 fineness, sometimes called 14-karat gold, is lower than the .900 or .999 used by most sovereign mints for commemoratives, keeping raw metal costs down on what was always a margin-driven product.