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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 70th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1969-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II FIJI 1996 RDM |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fiji's Reserve Bank commissioned this piece as part of a wave of large-format silver issues that flooded the commemorative market in the 1990s, when Pacific island nations found licensing royal milestones to overseas mint operators a reliable source of hard currency. The 70th birthday series produced under similar mandates across multiple Commonwealth jurisdictions during this period were almost universally struck by private mints — often the Pobjoy Mint or Perth Mint — on contract, with the issuing central bank holding little involvement beyond lending its name to the legal tender status.
At a kilogram of fine silver across a 100mm planchet, pieces like this were sold primarily to collectors at bullion-plus premiums and saw no meaningful circulation.