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250 Dollars - Elizabeth II Banded Iguana
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modeled by Arnold Machin, occupying the central field. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left periphery, with FIJI and the date 1978 disposed vertically along the right periphery. The portrait features the Queen's characteristic tiara and softly rendered hair, presented in high relief against a polished field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Fiji's 1978 gold conservation series was issued under a UN-backed program that funded wildlife protection efforts directly through numismatic sales — the Banded Iguana issue being among the flagship pieces. The Crested Iguana, misidentified in early documentation as the same species, was not formally distinguished from the Banded until herpetological surveys conducted around this period clarified the taxonomy. Both were already under severe pressure from mongoose predation, itself a consequence of the ill-considered 19th-century introduction of Indian mongooses to control rat populations in the cane fields.