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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | An aerial-perspective intaglio vignette of Nadi International Airport dominates the left and central portion of the reverse, rendered in brown and olive tones, with multiple commercial jet aircraft visible on the tarmac and taxiways. A passenger cruise vessel is shown at lower right, alongside an ornate guilloche panel bearing the numeral '5' at the far right margin, with tropical floral motifs below. The issuer name 'FIJI' and denomination 'FIVE DOLLARS' appear in letterpress at upper left and upper centre respectively, with '$5' and the printer's imprint 'DE LA RUE' at the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The 105b is distinguished from the earlier 105a solely by a signature change — the transition from Savenaca Narube to Ilaitia Ravula as Governor, both signing during Fiji's turbulent post-coup period following the May 2000 takeover led by George Speight. The Reserve Bank continued issuing notes under the Elizabeth II series throughout that political instability, a deliberate signal of institutional continuity at a time when Fiji had been suspended from the Commonwealth.
De La Rue's security thread on this issue is a windowed type, one of the earlier applications of that feature in Pacific island note production.