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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II 25th Anniversary World Wildlife Fund - Ogmodon
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The World Wildlife Fund's 25th anniversary in 1986 prompted a wave of commemorative issues from nations whose territories harbored genuinely threatened fauna. Fiji's contribution spotlighted Ogmodon vitianus, the bolo snake — a small fossorial species endemic to Viti Levu and one of the rarest snakes on earth, with population estimates that have never exceeded a few hundred individuals. It belongs to a monotypic genus, meaning no close living relatives exist anywhere.
The WWF itself co-authorized the series, making these among the few commemoratives where the conservation body had direct programmatic involvement rather than merely lending its name.