Fiji new note family (B520a – B525a) confirmed

B520 (P109): 2 dollars (withdrawn 2013)

Green. Front: English text; Mohar (sovereign locket); domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; coat of arms. Back: English text; grandstands and track at ANZ National Stadium in Suva; schoolchildren in Korobasabasaga; mountains; domodomo; bank logo. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized RBF and domodomo. Watermark: Fijian head, electrotype 2, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 131 x 67 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 3b: Narube. Prefix CA – DE.
Intro: 10.04.2007.

B521 (P110): 5 dollars (withdrawn 30.06.2013)

Brown. Front: English text; Kato ni Masima (salt basket); domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; coat of arms. Back: English text; Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis); balaka palm tree; masiratu flower (Degeneria vitiensis); domodomo; bank logo. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized RBF and domodomo. Watermark: Fijian head, electrotype 5, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 136 x 67 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 3b: Narube. Prefix CA – CP.
Intro: 10.04.2007.

B522 (P111): 10 dollars (US$4.85)

Purple. Front: English text; i Buburau ni Bete (duck dish); domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; Kaleidoscope foil star; coat of arms. Back: English text; Joske’s Thumb mountain; palm trees; Grand Pacific Hotel building and cars in Suva circa 1914; domodomo; bank logo. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized RBF and domodomo. Watermark: Fijian head, electrotype 10, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 141 x 67 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 3b: Narube. Prefix CA – DC.
Intro: 10.04.2007.

B523 (P112): 20 dollars (US$9.65)

Blue. Front: English text; Foa (Rotuman coconut scraper); domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; holographic fan; coat of arms. Back: English text; fish processing; cutting lumber; mining; train; Mount Uluinabukelevu in Kadavu; domodomo; bank logo. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized RBF and domodomo. Watermark: Fijian head, electrotype 20, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 146 x 67 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 3b: Narube. Prefix CA – EB.
Intro: 10.04.2007.

B524 (P113): 50 dollars (US$24)

Orange. Front: English text; Wasekaseka (whale’s tooth necklace); domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; holographic turtle; coat of arms. Back: English text; nine men; Tubetube; Yaqona Vakaturaga; domodomo; bank logo. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized RBF and domodomo. Watermark: Fijian head, electrotype 50, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 151 x 67 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 3b: Narube. Prefix CA – DB.
Intro: 10.04.2007.

B525 (P114): 100 dollars (US$48)

Yellow. Front: English text; Buli Kula; domodomo (canoe masthead) as registration device; Queen Elizabeth II; coat of arms. Back: English text; two women singers and man with guitar; map of 180° meridian; two snorklers, sailing ship, and fish; domodomo; bank logo. 18-mm Optiks security thread. Watermark: Fijian head, electrotype 100, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 156 x 67 mm. Paper.

a. No date.
Sig. 3b: Narube. Prefix CA – CC.
Intro: 10.04.2007.

Courtesy of Thomas Krause, Ömer Yalçinkaya (omeryalcinkayacollectionshop on eBay), and Morris Lawing.

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