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Fiji followed the pattern of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand in that when it adopted the decimal system, it decided to use the half pound unit as opposed to the pound unit of account. The choice of the name dollar was motivated by the fact that the reduced value of the new unit corresponded more closely to the value of the US dollar ...
These coins still retained the Queen's head that was issued in 1985. As of 2006 there were coins of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 Cents and 1 Dollar. Banknotes consist of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Dollars. The 1 Cent and 2 Cents were withdrawn and new smaller 5 to 50 Cents coins introduced in 2009.
The ½ and 1 penny had a hole in the centre and were minted in copper-nickel, the others in silver. The two smallest coins depicts a crown and the sovereign's name on one side and the denomination, country, and year on the other. For the larger values the monarch's portrait appears on the obverse.
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Bullion coins are government-minted, legal tender coins made of precious metals, such as gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and silver. They are kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce. [1]
In 1942 and 1943, coins were produced for Fiji at the San Francisco Mint, resulting in brass 1 ⁄ 2 d and 1d coins and 90% silver 6d, 1/– and 2/– coins. In 1947, a nickel-brass dodecagonal 3d coin of identical size and shape to the corresponding Sterling coin was finally introduced. Cupro-nickel replaced silver between 1953 and 1957.
At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the sterling area was set up as an exchange control area for the purposes of protecting the external value of the pound sterling, principally against the US dollar. Fiji immediately joined the sterling area. When the pound sterling was devalued on 20 November 1967, Fiji immediately followed suit.
USD Cent: 100 British Virgin Islands: United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100 Brunei: Brunei dollar $ BND Sen: 100 Singapore dollar $ SGD Cent: 100 Bulgaria: Bulgarian lev: lv. BGN Stotinka: 100 Burkina Faso: West African CFA franc: F.CFA XOF Centime: 100 Burundi: Burundian franc: FBu BIF Centime: 100 Cambodia: Cambodian riel ៛ KHR Sen: 100 ...