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we [New Zealand] are not exactly setting the Olympics alight so far - just 4 medals. Well, NZ did have a good day. Now 7 medals, including three gold. Your Men's eight rowing team beat Germany for the gold medal. Congrats. Very nice coins Steve! |
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Yes our rowers turned it around. I think NZ needs to invest more energy and money and them, not the swimmers, they keep getting last! Steve sent me 2 of his rare 1983/1984 Fijian coin sets. Here's what the whole sets look like.  1983 - these are minted in Singapore!  1984 - with very nice 1c and 2c - thanks Steve. You may also notice 1984 was the first year of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, before that it was the Central Monetary Authority. This is obvious on notes but not the coins, except on these sets. Plus the 1980 1 cent FAO design   It had the lowest mintage of all the standard 1 cent Fijian coins. Edited by Princetane
07/30/2021 03:04 am
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Glad to help you out Tane. I didn't take much notice about the change in bank names,
thanks for pointing that out. Your 1c and 2c are better than mine. After struggling
to remove mine from the sets, I wasn't going to do it again, just to swap them out.
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Steve sent me 2 of his rare 1983/1984 Fijian coin sets. Here's what the whole sets look like. Fantastic!  |
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Time for a worthwhile bump as I have added to my collection of Fiji. First things first - I now have 2 more notes to add to the low value series. Series D - $2 note, I described it back on Page 11. Here is a mint example! Fiji - Series D 2007 - $2 note Obv shows the Queen with coat of arms at right. At left is a Mohar, which is a Girmit (Indian) nose ornament. It shows a gold coin, likely a sovereign, but this coin is similar to the Indian gold Mohur worth 15 Rupees. Watermark and $2 can be seen next to it. That number and Reserve Bank symbol on Reverse shine up in Ultraviolet light. Narube signature - size is 130 x 65mm which is smaller than $5 note of same series.  Rev shows happy schoolchildren of various races, mostly Fijian, Indian, Chinese and Polynesian (But not White). Symbol of bank at far right. Also shows National stadium and athletes on it behind are the triangular peaks of "Korobasabasaga" (Said "Core o bussa bussunga") Bark pattern background. A fun note and used until 2012, when replaced by a coin. |
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The second note I have got is the polymer $5 described on Page 11 too. Series E $5 2013 - (This example is 2017 or later) $5 Obv - Shows the Kulawai parrot in multicolour detail, Arms at right, Polymer and watermark clear in plastic window. Kato ni Masima artefact at bottom left. Signed by Fariz Ali (Post 2017). Green colour.  $5 Rev, Similar scenes to Series D $5 note, except it is green and the watermark panel is at right. The Reserve bank signal and ultraviolet 5 inside note. Crested Iguana is green with the Balaka palm and Masiratu Flower is sepia. Main difference of this note, is the change to Green colour mainly as the $2 note is now no longer used and the new $100 has a Brown yellow colour so as not to confuse it. Apart from the 2020 $50 anniversary note, this is the only Polymer banknote in regular use in Fiji. There is at least 2 signatures of it. The 2013 notes have the Whiteside signature, this is the Ali signature used on 2017 and later notes (Ali signed the $7 and $50 anniversary notes). Next some coin updates  |
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Also an update on my Predecimal coins. Originally I was missing a lot of these base metal ones initially, but 3 lots of cheap buy ins have replenished my supplies as you can see!  Threepences - originally I only had 1950 and 1952. Now I have 1947, 50, 52 and for Elizabeth 1953, 58, 61, 63, 64 and 67! The 67 is particularly nice!  Sixpences - all of these now, 1953, 58, 61, 62 and 65. The last 2 are very nice.  Shillings - Made big progress here too, think its all of them 1957, 58, 61, 62 and 65, although none are UNC, mostly EF or VF |
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Finally the Florins. Bear in mind I only had silver ones back in June. Now I have all of them but the common 1965!  Florins - 1957, 58, 62 and 64. Mostly high VF but fault free examples - Florins got a lot of use in this era.  Coin sizes - Shows the relative size of each denomination Threepence, Sixpence and on bottom row, Shilling and Florin. Edited by Princetane
09/06/2021 05:02 am
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Nice additions Princetane. :)
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Nice examples! |
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Just added some new additions to my Fiji coins, thanks to Princetane.     Also this lovely crown from NZ.  and a nice 2 1/2 Gulden from the Netherlands.  Thanks Princetane. Much appreciated . Steve :) Edited by triggersmob
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Just added some new additions to my Fiji coins, thanks to Princetane. Outstanding! |
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Glad you like them. Sorry about the crud on the shilling. The crowns are beautiful and glad I could send them out. 1 will be going to David and I am giving 2 away in my giveaway in November (Those are the nice ones, the yukky ones and the UNC one are my collection piece and silver stacker coins).
Am buying a big lot of Fijian coins including some rare dates (Predecimal) and will show them here soon.
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Sorry about the crud on the shilling. No problems mate. I think you have well and truly explained the reason for coins like this from Fiji and I'm just glad to fill the holes. Thank you. :) Quote:
Am buying a big lot of Fijian coins including some rare dates (Predecimal) and will show them here soon. Can't wait to see them. Steve :) |
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