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100 Dollars Mother and Child
| Issuer | Kiribati |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | The central device depicts a veiled Madonna and Child in a devotional composition, the draped mother seated cross-legged and cradling the infant Christ, rendered in high relief against a polished mirror field with a radiant star or compass-rose motif in the background. A beaded inner border frames the central device. The legend CHRISTMAS ISLAND arcs along the upper border, with HOLY YEAR 2000 inscribed along the lower arc; the denomination $100 appears in the lower central field between two star ornaments flanking the inner legend. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Kiribati's gold coinage has always been issued for the collector market rather than circulation — the republic's functional currency is the Australian dollar, and domestic gold coin production serves purely as a revenue instrument through international numismatic sales. The 1999 program coincided with a broader Pacific island commemorative boom driven by the approaching millennium, when dozens of small sovereignties flooded the market with gold issues of questionable long-term collector demand.
KM#35 is among the thinner end of Kiribati's gold output in terms of secondary market activity.