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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II - XXX Summer Olympic Games 2012 London - Rowing
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II FIJI 2011 IRB |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Fiji's Olympic commemorative program has long leaned on its status as a small-island IOC member to issue collector gold tied to Games it has no hosting role in — a common revenue strategy among Pacific microstates whose mints produce almost exclusively for the numismatic market. This piece was struck well before the London Games opened, as licensing and distribution timelines for Olympic-branded issues require production typically 12 to 18 months in advance.
The .5833 fineness — 14-karat — is a deliberate cost-reduction choice that keeps gold content low enough to price these aggressively in the collector market without competing with bullion-grade sovereigns.