Catalog
20 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Government of Fiji |
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| Year | 1969-1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on light green and orange guilloche underprint. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II appears at left, flanked by traditional Fijian decorative patterns, with the Fiji Coat of Arms at centre; the denomination is expressed in both words and figures. One or two authorising signatures appear at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Blue print with the denomination expressed in words at centre, the value in figures set within a decorative panel, and repeated numerals in all four corners. |
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Fiji's first post-independence decimal currency series, introduced in 1969 when the island group converted from pounds to dollars, was issued under the authority of the Government of Fiji rather than a central bank — the Fiji Reserve Bank wouldn't exist until 1984. That administrative arrangement matters: this note is a government obligation, not a banknote in the institutional sense.
De La Rue handled printing throughout the series run. The sole security feature is a watermark, modest even by the standards of the time, though Fiji's relative geographic isolation meant sophisticated counterfeiting was never a serious operational concern for the issuing authorities.