20 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait

Fiji's 2009 coinage reform replaced the existing cupro-nickel series with nickel-plated steel across most denominations, driven by rising base metal costs that had made the older coins worth more as raw material than as currency. The switch coincided with a broader redesign that dropped several colonial-era reverse motifs in favor of national symbols.

KM#121 represents the final pre-republican coinage type before Fiji's 2013 constitution formally ended the monarchy's role — these circulated through the transition.