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| Issuer | Kiribati |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#108 |
| Obverse description | To the left, the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, with the designer's initials IRB below the truncation. To the right, the coat of arms of Kiribati appears in the field. The outer legend reads KIRIBATI 2016 above and 5 DOLLARS below, with the national motto TE MAURI TE RAOI AO TE TABOMOA inscribed in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Additional information |
Kiribati holds no meaningful monetary connection to this coin — the Pacific microstate licenses its name to numismatic marketers producing themed collectibles with no domestic circulation intent. This piece belongs to a wave of "horror series" silver rounds that flooded the collector market in the mid-2010s, issued under sovereign names largely because international bullion and novelty coin law requires one.
KM#108 attribution places it within a cataloged series, though secondary market pricing tracks almost entirely with silver spot and novelty demand rather than numismatic scarcity.