Fiji gets new currency design
 

Radio Fiji

01.03.11

Report by Shereel Patel

Fiji will soon trade in its $2 banknotes for $2 coins and the existing $5 ‘brown’ note will adopt the ‘green’ colour.

Cabinet today approved designs selected by the Currency Design Committee appointed to replace the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Fiji’s five banknotes and five coin denominations.

Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama says the designs selected are specific to Fiji and reflects our endemic flora and fauna.

Bainimarama says important and the iconic flora and fauna of Fiji has been selected to replace Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait and to feature on the obverse side of the new $2 coin.

The tanoa on the Fiji 1 cent coin will feature on the reverse side of the new $2 coin. The new notes and coins will be in circulation from June 2012.