Fiji's lunar series issues are struck under license with the Perth Mint's infrastructure behind production, though issued under Fijian authority as a Pacific sovereign — a legal arrangement common among smaller island nations seeking to participate in the bullion commemorative market without maintaining their own mint facilities. The Tiger year in the Chinese zodiac cycle falls every twelve years; 2022 marked the Year of the Water Tiger specifically, a combination that recurs only once every sixty years within the full stem-branch calendar system.
Fiji's lunar series issues are struck under license with the Perth Mint's infrastructure behind production, though issued under Fijian authority as a Pacific sovereign — a legal arrangement common among smaller island nations seeking to participate in the bullion commemorative market without maintaining their own mint facilities. The Tiger year in the Chinese zodiac cycle falls every twelve years; 2022 marked the Year of the Water Tiger specifically, a combination that recurs only once every sixty years within the full stem-branch calendar system.